12-letter words that end in se
- collectivise — Alternative spelling of collectivize.
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- common sense — Your common sense is your natural ability to make good judgments and to behave in a practical and sensible way.
- compass rose — a circle or decorative device printed on a map or chart showing the points of the compass measured from true north and usually magnetic north
- containerise — Alternative spelling of containerize.
- contemporise — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- contrariwise — from a contrasting point of view; on the other hand
- copolymerise — Alt form copolymerize.
- corner house — a house situated on the corner of two streets
- cosmic noise — interference caused by radio waves originating in sources beyond the earth
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- couple-close — Heraldry. a narrow chevron, one-quarter the usual breadth.
- crash course — A crash course in a particular subject is a short course in which you are taught basic facts or skills, for example before you start a new job.
- cream cheese — Cream cheese is a very rich, soft white cheese.
- custom house — a government office, esp at a port, where customs are collected and ships cleared for entry
- de bene esse — of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally: to take evidence de bene esse to ensure against its loss.
- de-stabilise — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
- decapitalise — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- delegitimise — Alternative spelling of delegitimize.
- demilitarise — (British) alternative spelling of demilitarize.
- dental nurse — a dentist's assistant, esp one who passes instruments, mixes fillings, etc
- deoxymannose — rhamnose.
- depoliticise — Alternative spelling of depoliticize.
- depressurise — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
- deradicalise — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
- devolatilise — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- display case — glass box, cabinet
- doll's house — a miniature house the scale of children's dolls.
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- dual-release — A dual-release medicine or preparation delivers two drugs simultaneously.
- duplex house — a house having separate apartments for two families, especially a two-story house having a complete apartment on each floor and two separate entrances.
- dusky grouse — blue grouse.
- dutch cheese — Inland North. cottage cheese.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- editorialise — Alternative spelling of editorialize.
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- elbow grease — physical effort
- embourgeoise — to make bourgeois
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- engine house — a building in which engines, as fire engines, railroad locomotives, etc., are housed
- enterokinase — (enzyme) An enzyme, secreted by the upper intestinal mucosa, that catalyzes the activation of trypsinogen by converting it to trypsin.
- essentialise — Alt form essentialize.
- exopeptidase — any proteolytic enzyme, such as erepsin, that acts on the terminal bonds in a peptide chain
- export house — a company that does not manufacture goods but is instead concerned solely with the financing or handling of their export
- federal case — a matter that falls within the jurisdiction of a federal court or a federal law-enforcement agency.
- feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose