12-letter words containing d, e, a, l, o, c
- dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- ectrodactyly — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- enciclopedia — Misspelling of encyclopedia.
- encyclopedia — An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- ethical code — an ethical code is a set of moral principles used to govern the conduct of a profession
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- food vacuole — a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.
- galactosides — Plural form of galactoside.
- genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
- geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
- glycosidases — Plural form of glycosidase.
- glycosylated — Simple past tense and past participle of glycosylate.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hexachloride — a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine.
- hexadecapole — (physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles.
- hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.
- indoleacetic — as in indoleacetic acid, a naturally-occurring plant growth hormone
- initial code — a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location.
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- ladder logic — (programming) Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
- leader block — Nautical. lead block.
- lime cordial — a drink made from sweetened lime juice and plain or carbonated water
- loco disease — locoism.
- logodaedalic — of or relating to plays on words and word tricks
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- machicolated — Having machicolations.
- malcontented — Malcontent.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.