12-letter words containing t, d, i, s, r
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- dithyrambist — a writer or performer of dithyrambs
- ditransitive — noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”.
- diversionist — a person engaged in activities that divert attention from a primary focus.
- divestitures — Plural form of divestiture.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- dramaturgist — A person who composes a drama and directs its representation; a playwright.
- drill string — (on a drill rig) the assemblage of drill pipes that link the drill bit to the mechanism that imparts rotary or reciprocating motion.
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- driving test — the examination that new drivers must take in order to be officially allowed to drive when not under instruction
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- 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.
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dysrhythmias — Plural form of dysrhythmia.
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- easter daisy — a nearly stemless composite plant, Townsendia exscapa, of the Rocky Mountain regions, having stalkless purplish or white flowers in a rosette of narrow leaves.
- editorialise — Alternative spelling of editorialize.
- editorialist — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
- endometritis — Inflammation of the endometrium.
- endoparasite — A parasite, such as a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.
- entertissued — interwoven
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- ex-president — a former chief executive or head of state of a republic
- expenditures — Plural form of expenditure.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- externalised — Simple past tense and past participle of externalise.
- extraditions — Plural form of extradition.
- faits divers — brief news stories, as those typically found in some French newspapers, that are sensational, lurid, etc.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- first degree — People who have gained a higher qualification after completing a basic university degree such as a BA or a BSc refer to that basic degree as their first degree.
- first reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts the services and meetings and reads from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Scriptures.
- first-degree — of or relating to the lowest or first in a series.
- first-grader — a child in the first grade
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foot soldier — an infantryman.