12-letter words containing s, o, n, a, d, l
- dentirostral — (of birds) having a toothed beak
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- desalination — Desalination is the process of removing salt from sea water so that it can be used for drinking, or for watering crops.
- descensional — relating to descension
- desolateness — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devon island — an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disanalogous — not analogous
- disclamation — the act of disclaiming; renunciation; disavowal.
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discretional — discretionary.
- discussional — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disinflation — a period or process of slowing the rate of inflation.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- dislocations — Plural form of dislocation.
- disloyalness — The state or quality of being disloyal.
- distillation — the volatilization or evaporation and subsequent condensation of a liquid, as when water is boiled in a retort and the steam is condensed in a cool receiver.
- donatistical — relating to a Donatist or Donatism
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- gangliosides — Plural form of ganglioside.
- gladsomeness — (archaic) gladness.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- godwin's law — (humour) "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely recognised codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
- golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.
- golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
- golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
- golden state — California (used as a nickname).
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
- halcyon days — period regarded with nostalgia