12-letter words containing c, l, e, s
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- desocialized — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- devil's club — a spiny shrub, Oplopanax horridus, of northwestern North America, having broad palmate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of bright red berries.
- dialecticism — the influence of dialect
- dicotyledons — Plural form of dicotyledon.
- dictyostelic — Of or possessing a dictyostele.
- diesel cycle — Machinery. a theoretical heat cycle for an engine in which combustion occurs at a constant pressure and cooling at a constant volume.
- difficulties — the fact or condition of being difficult.
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- discalceated — Deprived of shoes or sandals.
- discerningly — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discipleship — (initial capital letter) a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- 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.
- discretively — in a discretive manner
- discursively — In a discursive manner.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- dislocatedly — in a dislocated manner
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- displaceable — Capable of being displaced.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- display case — glass box, cabinet
- displeasance — the state or cause of being displeased
- dissemblance — dissembling; dissimulation.
- dissocialize — to render dissocial
- distanceless — without distance
- 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.
- ditheistical — of or relating to ditheism, ditheistic
- dodecastylos — a dodecastyle building, as a classical temple.
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- double scull — a racing shell in which two scullers sit one behind the other and pull two oars each
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- dress circle — a circular or curving division of seats in a theater, opera house, etc., usually the first gallery, originally set apart for spectators in evening dress.
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- dulcet tones — People often use the expression dulcet tones to refer to someone's voice.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dutch settle — a settle having a back so hinged that it can be lowered onto the arms to form a table.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.