12-letter words containing y, o, s
- dissociality — the fact or characteristic of being dissocial
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dodecastylos — a dodecastyle building, as a classical temple.
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- 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.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- 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.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- dusky grouse — blue grouse.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dyer's-broom — woadwaxen.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dyotheletism — the teaching that Christ had both a divine will and a human will
- dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- dysteleology — Philosophy. a doctrine denying the existence of a final cause or purpose.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- 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.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- ecclesiology — the study of ecclesiastical adornments and furnishings.
- economy size — product: large, inexpensive
- economy-size — larger in size and costing less per unit of measurement than a smaller size: an economy-size box of soap flakes.
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- effortlessly — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
- egoistically — In an egoistic manner.
- egyptologist — Alternative spelling of Egyptologist.
- electrolysis — Chemical decomposition produced by passing an electric current through a liquid or solution containing ions.
- electrolytes — Plural form of electrolyte.
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- eleemosynous — Describes a gift or donation made as an act of charity or almsgiving.
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- enantiostyly — the asymmetrical deflection of the style, either to the left or to the right of the floral axis
- endogenously — In an endogenous manner.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- engrossingly — In an engrossing way.
- enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enteroclysis — A fluoroscopic X-ray of the small intestine.
- enthesopathy — (pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
- enzymologist — A specialist in enzymology.
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- epistemology — The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.
- eriskay pony — a breed of medium-sized pony, typically grey, with a dense waterproof coat. The Eriskay is the only surviving variety of the native ponies of the Western Isles of Scotland
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.