12-letter words containing t, o, s, l
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despondently — feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- dessert bowl — A dessert bowl is a bowl in which a dessert is served.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- developments — Plural form of development.
- devolatilise — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- dicotyledons — Plural form of dicotyledon.
- dictyostelic — Of or possessing a dictyostele.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- diplomatists — Plural form of diplomatist.
- disastrously — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- disclamation — the act of disclaiming; renunciation; disavowal.
- disco lights — coloured lights that flash on and off in time to the music at a disco etc
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discretional — discretionary.
- disinflation — a period or process of slowing the rate of inflation.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disjointedly — In a disjointed manner.
- dislocatedly — in a dislocated manner
- dislocations — Plural form of dislocation.
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- disloyalties — Plural form of disloyalty.
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- dissociality — the fact or characteristic of being dissocial
- dissolutions — Plural form of dissolution.
- 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.
- dodecastylos — a dodecastyle building, as a classical temple.
- dog's letter — the letter r, especially when representing a trill.
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- donatistical — relating to a Donatist or Donatism
- doodly-squat — a minimum amount or degree; the least bit (usually used in the negative): This coin collection isn't worth doodly-squat in today's market.
- 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.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double steal — a play in which two base runners steal a base each.
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- dulcet tones — People often use the expression dulcet tones to refer to someone's voice.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.