11-letter words containing c, e, l, r
- direct mail — mail, usually consisting of advertising matter, appeals for donations, or the like, sent simultaneously to large numbers of possible individual customers or contributors. Abbreviation: DM.
- direct rule — Direct rule is a system in which a central government rules an area which has had its own parliament or law-making organization in the past.
- direct-dial — being a telephone or telephone system enabling long-distance calls to be direct-dialed.
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directorial — pertaining to a director or directorate.
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
- discardable — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernible — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernibly — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discerpible — Capable of being discerped.
- discipliner — Agent noun of discipline: one who disciplines.
- disclaimers — Plural form of disclaimer.
- disclosures — Plural form of disclosure.
- discolorate — (transitive, dated) To discolor.
- discoloured — (British) alternative spelling of discolored.
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- diverticula — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- diverticuli — Misspelling of diverticula.
- double-crop — to raise two consecutive crops on the same land within a single growing season.
- doublecross — To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
- dreadlocked — Wearing dreadlocks.
- dry cleaner — a business that dry-cleans garments, draperies, etc.
- dry-cleanse — to dry-clean.
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
- earth-color — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- eccentrical — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
- ecclesiarch — a sacristan, especially of a monastery.
- eccrinology — the branch of physiology and anatomy dealing with secretions and the secretory glands.
- echolocator — An organism capable of echolocation.
- ecofriendly — Alternative spelling of eco-friendly.
- ecrc-prolog — Evidently Prolog with coroutine extensions. See also SEPIA.
- ectothermal — coldblooded (sense 1)
- edible crab — a species of crab, Cancer pagurus, found in the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, and the North Atlantic
- edulcorated — Simple past tense and past participle of edulcorate.
- edulcorator — a device that supplies small quantities of a liquid to a mixture
- effloresced — Simple past tense and past participle of effloresce.
- effloresces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of effloresce.
- ejaculatory — Of or pertaining to ejaculation.
- elastomeric — Of, pertaining to, or containing elastomers.
- electioneer — (of a politician or political campaigner) take part actively and energetically in the activities of an election campaign.
- electorally — In an electoral manner.
- electorates — Plural form of electorate.
- electresses — Plural form of electress.
- electricals — Plural form of electrical.
- electrician — A person who installs and maintains electrical equipment.
- electricity — A form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), either statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current.