12-letter words containing t, i, n, s
- dissenterish — having a part of the character or quality of a dissenter
- dissenterism — the beliefs and practices of dissenters
- dissentients — Plural form of dissentient.
- dissepiments — Plural form of dissepiment.
- dissertation — a written essay, treatise, or thesis, especially one written by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
- disseverment — Disseverance.
- dissipations — Plural form of dissipation.
- dissociating — Present participle of dissociate.
- dissociation — an act or instance of dissociating.
- dissolutions — Plural form of dissolution.
- disspiriting — Present participle of disspirit alternative spelling of dispiriting.
- distanceless — without distance
- 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.
- distinctions — Plural form of distinction.
- distinctness — distinguished as not being the same; not identical; separate (sometimes followed by from): His private and public lives are distinct.
- distractions — Plural form of distraction.
- distrainable — Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
- distress gun — a gun fired at one-minute intervals as a signal of distress.
- distributing — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- district man — a legman who covers a beat for a newspaper.
- distringases — Plural form of distringas.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- 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.
- do one's bit — a small piece or quantity of anything: a bit of string.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- donatistical — relating to a Donatist or Donatism
- donets basin — a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- 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
- downshifting — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- 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.
- 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
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dynastically — In a dynastic (or dynastical) way.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- east african — of or relating to East Africa or its inhabitants
- east anglian — an early English kingdom in SE Britain: modern Norfolk and Suffolk.