12-letter words containing c, a, l, d, r
- deckle strap — a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- decorrelated — Simple past tense and past participle of decorrelate.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- dedicatorial — relating to or acting as a dedication
- delay screen — (in a cathode-ray tube) a sensitized screen with a phosphorescent coating that retains the image formed by the electron beam for an appreciable time.
- deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
- delray beach — a city in SE Florida.
- democratical — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- deracialized — Simple past tense and past participle of deracialize.
- deradicalise — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
- deradicalize — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- desacralized — Simple past tense and past participle of desacralize.
- desacralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desacralize.
- dicarboxylic — containing two carboxyl groups in the molecule
- dicarpellary — having two carpels
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- dinaric alps — a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)
- diplocardiac — having the right and left sides of the heart somewhat or completely divided, as in birds and mammals.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- 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.
- 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.
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- dockwalloper — longshoreman
- dodecahedral — Having twelve plane surfaces.
- dollarocracy — a state in which private wealth determines the base of political power
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- drama school — a college which trains students (who are generally 18+) to act
- dramatically — of or relating to the drama.
- drill collar — A drill collar is a thick tubular piece at the bottom of a drillpipe, which concentrates the weight on the rotating drill bit.
- 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-control — having dual controls
- dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.