11-letter words containing d, a, l, e
- homologated — Simple past tense and past participle of homologate.
- hooded seal — a large seal, Cystophora cristata, the male of which has a large, distensible, hoodlike sac on the head.
- horned lark — a lark, Eremophila alpestris, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a tuft of feathers on each side of the crown of the head.
- hotheadedly — In a hotheaded manner.
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
- hudson seal — muskrat fur that has been plucked and dyed to give the appearance of seal.
- hurdle race — a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles while running
- hurdle rate — the rate of return that a proposed project must provide if it is to be worth considering: usually calculated as the cost of the capital involved adjusted by a risk factor
- husbandable — Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy.
- husbandless — Without a husband.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hydralazine — a white crystalline powder, C 8 H 8 N 4 , that dilates blood vessels and is used in the treatment of hypertension.
- hydrolysate — any compound formed by hydrolysis.
- hydroplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroplane.
- hydroplaner — a person who pilots a hydroplane, especially a professional speedboat racer.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hydroxylase — any enzyme that catalyzes the introduction of a hydroxyl group into a substance.
- hydroxylate — to introduce hydroxyl into (a compound).
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hyperlydian — relating to the highest scale or mode in ancient Greek music
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- id bracelet — a bracelet, usually of metal links, having an identification plate for the name of the wearer.
- ida b wells — Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
- ida tarbell — Ida Minerva, 1857–1944, U.S. author.
- ideal point — the point at infinity in projective geometry at which parallel lines intersect.
- idealogical — Ideologic.
- identically — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
- ideological — of or relating to ideology.
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- ill-advised — acting or done without due consideration; imprudent: an ill-advised remark.
- ill-behaved — 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties. 2. Software that bypasses the defined operating system interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software. In the IBM PC/mess-dos world, there is a folk theorem (nearly true) to the effect that (owing to gross inadequacies and performance penalties in the OS interface) all interesting applications are ill-behaved. See also bare metal. Opposite: well-behaved, compare PC-ism.
- ill-favored — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- ill-natured — having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
- ill-starred — doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- illegalised — to make illegal: They even wanted to illegalize smoking.
- illegalized — Simple past tense and past participle of illegalize.
- illuminated — to supply or brighten with light; light up.
- illustrated — containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations: an illustrated book.
- immediately — without lapse of time; without delay; instantly; at once: Please telephone him immediately.
- immedicable — incurable.
- immedicably — In an immedicable way; incurably.
- immoralized — to make or cause to be immoral.
- inadaptable — lacking the ability to adapt
- inadvisable — not advisable; inexpedient; unwise.
- inadvisedly — In a manner that is not advisable.
- incidentals — happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
- include war — Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers. In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file.
- increasedly — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- indefinable — not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.