12-letter words containing c, l, e
- dialecticism — the influence of dialect
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- dicarpellary — having two carpels
- dicotyledons — Plural form of dicotyledon.
- dictyostelic — Of or possessing a dictyostele.
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- diesel cycle — Machinery. a theoretical heat cycle for an engine in which combustion occurs at a constant pressure and cooling at a constant volume.
- dietetically — In a dietetical manner.
- difficulties — the fact or condition of being difficult.
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- dinucleotide — a molecule composed of two nucleotide subunits.
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- 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
- ditheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- diverticulum — 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.
- divorce mill — a divorce court, especially such a court in a state or country that does not impose difficult requirements, as a long period of residence or humiliating grounds, on those who wish to dissolve their marriage.
- docking keel — one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
- dockwalloper — longshoreman
- documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- dodecahedral — Having twelve plane surfaces.