11-letter words containing a, l, d, e
- credentials — Someone's credentials are their previous achievements, training, and general background, which indicate that they are qualified to do something.
- crenellated — In a castle, a crenellated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
- crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
- crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- cyclopaedia — (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
- daemonology — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
- daily dozen — gymnastic setting-up exercises (originally twelve) done daily
- daisy wheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- dame school — (formerly) a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write
- dame-school — a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.
- damselflies — Plural form of damselfly.
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- danger list — on
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- dangleberry — a blue huckleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa), native to E North America
- danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
- dapple-gray — gray spotted with darker gray
- dapple-grey — a horse with a grey coat having spots of darker colour
- dardanelles — the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara, separating European from Asian Turkey
- dark nebula — a type of nebula that is observed by its blocking of radiation from other sources
- darlingness — the quality or characteristic of being darling, sweet, or charming
- dasht-e-lut — vast desert region of central and SE Iran, extending southward from the Dasht-e-Kavir
- data logger — data logging
- date mussel — any brown, date-sized marine mussel, genus Lithophaga, that bores into rock or coral.
- datum plane — the horizontal plane from which heights and depths are calculated
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- dauntlessly — In a dauntless manner.
- day laborer — an unskilled worker paid by the day
- day release — Day release is a system in which workers spend one day each week at a college in order to study a subject connected with their work.
- day-neutral — (of plants) having an ability to mature and bloom that is not affected by day length
- de la beche — Henry. 1796–1855, English geologist. His work led to the founding of the Geological Survey (1835)
- de la renta — Oscar, 1932–2014, U.S. fashion designer, born in the Dominican Republic.
- de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- de-escalate — to reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc)
- deacetylate — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
- dead letter — If you say that a law or agreement is a dead letter, you mean that it still exists but people ignore it.
- dead nettle — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lamium, of the mint family, native to the Old World, having opposite leaves and clusters of small reddish or white flowers.
- dead-nettle — any Eurasian plant of the genus Lamium, such as L. alba (white dead-nettle), having leaves resembling nettles but lacking stinging hairs: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- deadeningly — in a deadening manner
- deadenylase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes a deadenylation reaction.
- deadenylate — (biochemistry, genetics) To remove an adenylate group from a protein; especially to activate an enzyme by this means.
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- deadly sins — the sins of pride, covetousness, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, and sloth
- deafeningly — to make deaf: The accident deafened him for life.
- deal a blow — If an event deals a blow to something or someone, it causes them great difficulties or makes failure more likely.
- dealbreaker — A dealbreaker is an issue that prevents people from reaching an agreement.
- dealerships — Plural form of dealership.
- dealing box — a box that holds a deck or decks of cards, allowing them to be dealt only one at a time, often used in casino games such as blackjack or chemin de fer.
- deallocated — Simple past tense and past participle of deallocate.