12-letter words containing c, a, n, l, r
- decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralize — To decentralize government or a large organization means to move some departments away from the main administrative area, or to give more power to local departments.
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- 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.
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- 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)
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- discretional — discretionary.
- draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- 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.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- electricians — Plural form of electrician.
- electronical — (rare) electronic.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- en casserole — (baked and served) in a casserole
- enculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of enculturate.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- enharmonical — relating to the enharmonic scale
- enterococcal — Relating to, or produced by, an enterococcus.
- entrancingly — In an entrancing manner.
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- eternal city — Rome2
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- extracranial — on the exterior of the skull, outside the skull
- extranuclear — situated or occurring in part of a cell outside the nucleus
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- facial nerve — either one of the seventh pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that control muscles of the face except those used in chewing.
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- farcicalness — The property of being farcical.
- fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
- fer de lance — a large pit viper, Bothrops atrox, of tropical America.
- fer-de-lance — a large pit viper, Bothrops atrox, of tropical America.
- flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light