12-letter words containing a, n, o, l
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- double agent — a person who spies on a country while pretending to spy for it.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- downloadable — Capable of being downloaded.
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drop initial — inset initial.
- dual-control — having dual controls
- duodecennial — relating to twelve years
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
- early modern — designating or of the period of European history from the end of the Middle Ages (c. 1450) to c. 1750
- earth almond — chufa.
- ease oneself — to urinate or defecate
- east lothian — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- ebb and flow — tidal movement
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- echolocation — the general method of locating objects by determining the time for an echo to return and the direction from which it returns, as by radar or sonar.
- economically — in a thrifty or frugal manner; with economy.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- electronical — (rare) electronic.
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- elicitations — Plural form of elicitation.
- eliminations — Plural form of elimination.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- emblazonment — The act of emblazoning.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embolization — (surgery) A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that effects the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli.
- emigrational — Relating to emigration.
- emolumentary — advantageous; tending towards emolument
- emotionalism — An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics. (from 19th c.).
- emotionalist — Someone whose thoughts and actions are governed by their emotions rather than by logic.
- emotionality — The state or quality of being emotional.
- emotionalize — To give something an emotional quality.
- en casserole — (baked and served) in a casserole
- en papillote — (of food) cooked in oiled greaseproof paper or foil
- enantiostyly — the asymmetrical deflection of the style, either to the left or to the right of the floral axis
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.