12-letter words containing d, i, e, l
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- dual in-line — (hardware) Dual In-Line Package.
- dubitatively — in a dubitative manner
- ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
- duodecennial — relating to twelve years
- duodecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 39 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 72 zeros.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.
- dyotheletism — the teaching that Christ had both a divine will and a human will
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dysfluencies — disfluency.
- dyslipidemia — (medicine) an inbalance of lipids (especially cholesterol) in the blood; hypercholesterolemia.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- eco-friendly — environmentally safe
- edge molding — a convexly rounded molding having a fillet or concavity at or near its centerline.
- edible canna — a South American and West Indian herb, Canna edulis, having large sheathing leaves, red flowers, and edible rhizomes.
- edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
- editorial we — we (def 6).
- editorialise — Alternative spelling of editorialize.
- editorialist — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- editorialize — to set forth one's position or opinion on some subject in, or as if in, an editorial.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- edwin hubble — Edwin Powell, 1889–1953, U.S. astronomer: pioneer in extragalactic research.
- elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
- elderberries — Plural form of elderberry.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- ellis island — small, government-owned island in Upper New York Bay: former (1892-1943) examination center for immigrants seeking to enter the U.S.: 27 acres (11 hectares)
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- emblematized — Simple past tense and past participle of emblematize.
- emerald isle — Ireland
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
- 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.
- encyclopedic — Comprehensive in terms of information.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endothelioma — Any of various mostly benign neoplasms derived from the endothelium of blood vessels or lymph channels.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
- enlisted man — military: male soldier
- epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
- epidemically — In the manner of an epidemic.
- epidemiology — The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- equilibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate.