12-letter words containing t, o, e, s
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- downcastness — The quality of being downcast.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- dropped seat — a seat of a chair or the like, having a front dished so as to be lower than the sides or back.
- 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.
- dulcet tones — People often use the expression dulcet tones to refer to someone's voice.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dyotheletism — the teaching that Christ had both a divine will and a human will
- dysteleology — Philosophy. a doctrine denying the existence of a final cause or purpose.
- e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
- earth closet — a type of lavatory in which earth is used to cover excreta
- east chicago — a port in NW Indiana, on Lake Michigan, near Chicago.
- east detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
- east lothian — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
- easting down — the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
- easy does it — If you say 'Easy does it', you are telling someone to be careful and not to use too much effort, especially when they are moving something large and awkward.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- echolocators — Plural form of echolocator.
- econometrics — the application of statistical and mathematical techniques in solving problems as well as in testing and demonstrating theories.
- econometrist — An econometrician.
- ecotarianism — the principle or practice of avoiding eating any foods whose production or transportation are considered ecologically damaging
- ecoterrorism — Violence carried out to further environmentalist ends.
- ecoterrorist — one who commits ecotage; monkey-wrencher.
- ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- edifications — Plural form of edification.
- 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.
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- efflorescent — efflorescing; blossoming.
- effortlessly — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
- effronteries — Plural form of effrontery.
- effusiometer — an apparatus for determining rates of effusion of gases, usually used for measuring molecular weights
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- egoistically — In an egoistic manner.
- egyptologist — Alternative spelling of Egyptologist.
- eigenvectors — Plural form of eigenvector.
- eisteddfodau — Plural form of eisteddfod.
- eisteddfodic — Relating to an eisteddfod.
- ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
- ejector seat — An ejector seat is a special seat which can throw the pilot out of a fast military aircraft in an emergency.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- electioneers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electioneer.