13-letter words containing a, l, o, c
- digital logic — two-valued logic
- dioristically — in a dioristic manner
- diotheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directorially — In terms of film direction.
- disallowances — Plural form of disallowance.
- discoloration — the act or fact of discoloring or the state of being discolored.
- disconsolated — Obsolete form of disconsolate.
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- dock-walloper — a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
- documentalist — a specialist in documentation; a person working strictly with information and record-keeping.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- dolichocephal — a person with a head much longer than it is broad
- dolichocranic — dolichocephalic.
- dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
- domical vault — cloistered vault.
- domiciliaries — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- domiciliating — Present participle of domiciliate.
- domiciliation — to domicile.
- donald cherry — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
- doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
- double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
- dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
- dyothelitical — relating to dyotheletism
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- eco-labelling — the practice or system of using eco-labels
- economy class — a low-priced type of accommodation for travel, especially on an airplane.
- ectocommensal — Biology. (of an organism) living in a commensal relationship on the exterior of another organism.
- educationally — pertaining to education.
- efficaciously — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- egomaniacally — In an egomaniacal manner.
- egotistically — In an egotistic manner.
- egyptological — Alternative form of Egyptological.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- eleanor cross — any of the crosses erected at each place where the body of Eleanor of Castile (1246–90, Edward I's Spanish wife) rested between Nottingham (where she died) and London (where she is buried)
- electrization — the action of electrifying
- electroactive — (of living tissue) exhibiting electrical activity or responsive to electrical stimuli
- electrodermal — Of or relating to measurement of the electrical conductivity of the skin, especially as an indicator of someone’s emotional responses.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.