12-letter words containing a, e, c, i, d, l
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- dicarpellary — having two carpels
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- dietetically — In a dietetical manner.
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- discalceated — Deprived of shoes or sandals.
- 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.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discretional — discretionary.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- dislocatedly — in a dislocated manner
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- displaceable — Capable of being displaced.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- display case — glass box, cabinet
- displeasance — the state or cause of being displeased
- dissemblance — dissembling; dissimulation.
- dissocialize — to render dissocial
- distanceless — without distance
- distractable — Alternative form of distractible.
- distractedly — having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
- distractible — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- ditheistical — of or relating to ditheism, ditheistic
- ditheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- 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.
- domiciliated — to domicile.
- drizzle cake — a sponge cake that has syrup drizzled over it immediately after baking
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- duodecennial — relating to twelve years
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- edible canna — a South American and West Indian herb, Canna edulis, having large sheathing leaves, red flowers, and edible rhizomes.
- edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.