12-letter words containing s, p, e, d
- dispossessed — evicted, as from a dwelling, land, etc.; ousted.
- dispossesses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispossess.
- dispossessor — One who dispossesses.
- dispreferred — Simple past tense and past participle of disprefer.
- disprivacied — deprived of privacy
- disprivilege — to deprive of privilege
- dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disrespected — lack of respect; discourtesy; rudeness.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- dissapointed — Misspelling of disappointed.
- dissepiments — Plural form of dissepiment.
- distemperate — (obsolete) immoderate.
- distemperoid — resembling distemper.
- domestic pig — Sus scrofa; an artiodactyl mammal of the African and Eurasian family Suidae, having a long head with a movable snout and a thick bristle-covered skin
- door scraper — a small horizontal bar fixed to the ground near a door where visitors can scrape mud from their shoes before entering
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- dress parade — a formal parade of sufficient ceremonial importance for the wearing of dress uniform
- drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- dropped sole — a condition in which the foot of a horse is convex instead of concave
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- duplex house — a house having separate apartments for two families, especially a two-story house having a complete apartment on each floor and two separate entrances.
- dust wrapper — dust jacket (sense 1)
- dyslipidemia — (medicine) an inbalance of lipids (especially cholesterol) in the blood; hypercholesterolemia.
- dysphemistic — Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
- eavesdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of eavesdrop.
- eavesdropper — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- edge species — a species of animal or plant living primarily in an ecotone
- eggdrop soup — a soup made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- endless loop — infinite loop
- endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- epidiascopes — Plural form of epidiascope.
- epididymides — Plural form of epididymis.
- epididymitis — (pathology) inflammation of the epididymis.
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- ex-president — a former chief executive or head of state of a republic
- exopeptidase — any proteolytic enzyme, such as erepsin, that acts on the terminal bonds in a peptide chain
- expectedness — The state or quality of being expected.
- expediencies — Plural form of expediency.