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12-letter words containing t, o, r, s

  • dispropriate — to deprive of ownership
  • disquisitory — of or relating to disquisition
  • disseminator — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
  • dissertation — a written essay, treatise, or thesis, especially one written by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
  • dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
  • distemperoid — resembling distemper.
  • distractions — Plural form of distraction.
  • distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
  • distributors — Plural form of distributor.
  • diversionist — a person engaged in activities that divert attention from a primary focus.
  • doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
  • dog's letter — the letter r, especially when representing a trill.
  • 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.
  • dorsolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the back and the side.
  • dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
  • dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
  • double first — a first in two subjects.
  • draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
  • dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
  • drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
  • 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.
  • dry tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 detroit — a city in SE Michigan.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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
  • eigenvectors — Plural form of eigenvector.
  • 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.
  • electroclash — a type of electronic music, originating in the first decade of the 21st century, that combines modern techno with synthesizer music characteristic of the 1980s
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