12-letter words containing s, i, r, e, t
- determinisms — Plural form of determinism.
- detritivores — Plural form of detritivore.
- dexterities' — skill or adroitness in using the hands or body; agility.
- diastereomer — either of a pair of stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other.
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- diesel train — a train hauled by a diesel locomotive or powered by a diesel engine
- digitigrades — Plural form of digitigrade.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- directed set — (theory) A set X is directed under some relation, <= (less than or equal), if it is non-empty and if for any two elements x and y there exists an element z such that x <= z and y <= z. I.e. all pairs have an upper bound.
- directedness — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
- directorates — Plural form of directorate.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disaggregate — to separate (an aggregate or mass) into its component parts.
- disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- disbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discomforted — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- discomforter — One who causes discomfort.
- disconcerted — disturbed, as in one's composure or self-possession; perturbed; ruffled: She was disconcerted by the sudden attack on her integrity.
- disconnector — (electrical engineering) A switching device used to open an electric circuit when there is no current through it. They are used to isolate a part of an electrical system to allow the maintenance staff a safe access to it.
- discorporate — Having no material body.
- discourteous — not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
- discoverment — (obsolete) discovery.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- discrediting — Present participle of discredit.
- discreetness — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- discreteness — apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
- discretional — discretionary.
- discretively — in a discretive manner
- discriminate — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disentranced — to bring out of an entranced condition; disenchant.
- disgorgement — The act of disgorging, particularly in the legal sense.
- disgregation — the separation of components from a whole, esp of people from a company
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disheartened — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- disincarnate — (Of a being) without a body.
- disinherited — Simple past tense and past participle of disinherit.
- disintegrant — A disintegrant is an agent, used in the preparation of tablets, which causes them to disintegrate and release their medicinal substances on contact with moisture.
- disintegrate — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- disinterment — to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- disinterring — Present participle of disinter.