12-letter words containing d, i, s, a, l
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dynastically — In a dynastic (or dynastical) way.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dyslipidemia — (medicine) an inbalance of lipids (especially cholesterol) in the blood; hypercholesterolemia.
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- 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.
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
- 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.
- emerald isle — Ireland
- enlisted man — military: male soldier
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- externalised — Simple past tense and past participle of externalise.
- failed state — a nation in which the government has lost political authority and control and is unable to fulfill the basic responsibilities of a sovereign state.
- false friend — a word or expression in one language that, because it resembles one in another language, is often wrongly taken to have the same meaning, for example, the French agenda which means diary, not agenda
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- false mildew — downy mildew (def 1).
- false-mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
- familiarised — Simple past tense and past participle of familiarise.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- fastidiously — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- 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.
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- florida moss — Spanish moss.
- fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- galactosides — Plural form of galactoside.
- galahad, sir — Sir Arthurian Romance. the noblest and purest knight of the Round Table, son of Lancelot and Elaine: gained the Holy Grail.
- gallows bird — a person who deserves to be hanged.
- gangliosides — Plural form of ganglioside.
- garden snail — Zoology
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- glad tidings — Glad tidings means good news.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glass lizard — any limbless, snakelike lizard of the genus Ophisaurus, inhabiting the eastern U.S., Europe, and Asia, having external ear openings and the ability to regenerate its long, fragile tail.