11-letter words containing c, l, e
- discussable — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- discussible — Alternative spelling of discussable.
- disenclosed — Simple past tense and past participle of disenclose.
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- disinclined — lacking desire or willingness; unwilling; averse: I'm disinclined to go to the movies tonight.
- disinclines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disincline.
- dissilience — the act of bursting apart or out
- dissociable — capable of being dissociated; separable: Worthy and unworthy motives are often not dissociable.
- divellicate — to separate; pull apart
- 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.
- docibleness — the quality or character of being docible
- dodecagonal — Having twelve sides and twelve angles.
- dodecastyle — having 12 columns.
- dog licence — a special license which permits the holder to be the keeper of a dog
- dole office — an informal term for a job centre
- domiciliate — to domicile.
- donkey-lick — to defeat decisively
- doodle-sack — bagpipe (def 1).
- doodlesacks — Plural form of doodlesack.
- double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
- double coat — an outer coat of hair on a dog serving as protection against underbrush and resistant to weather, combined with an undercoat of softer hair for warmth and waterproofing.
- double lock — a spring lock that can also serve as a deadbolt by an extra turn of the key
- double-crop — to raise two consecutive crops on the same land within a single growing season.
- double-deck — Also, double-decked. having two decks, tiers, or levels: a double-deck bunk; a double-deck bus.
- double-lock — to lock with two turns of a key, so that a second bolt is engaged.
- doublecheck — Alternative form of double-check.
- 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.
- doxycycline — a synthetic analog of a broad-spectrum antibiotic tetracycline drug, C 22 H 24 N 2 O 8 , used against a wide range of susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
- dreadlocked — Wearing dreadlocks.
- dry cleaner — a business that dry-cleans garments, draperies, etc.
- dry-cleanse — to dry-clean.
- du guesclin — Bertrand [ber-trahn] /bɛrˈtrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), ("the Eagle of Brittany") c1320–80, French military leader: constable of France 1370–80.
- duck plague — an acute, highly fatal disease of ducks caused by a herpesvirus
- duck-legged — having legs that are unusually short: He crept up in a half-crouch that made him look duck-legged.
- duffel coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
- duffle coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- duncanville — a town in N Texas.
- duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.
- duplex lock — a lock capable of being opened either by a master key or a change key, each operating its own mechanism.
- duplex scan — a scan that uses sound waves to show how well the blood is flowing in arteries
- duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- duplicident — (of certain animals, such as rabbits) having two pairs of incisors in the upper jaw
- dutch metal — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
- dutch uncle — a person who criticizes or reproves with unsparing severity and frankness.
- dyotheletic — relating to Dyotheletes
- dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.