11-letter words containing d, i, s, l
- blue shield — Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
- blue-rinsed — (of hair) tinted silver-blue
- bobsledding — a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
- bodaciously — in a bodacious manner
- body fluids — fluids in the body such as blood, semen, and saliva
- body shield — a small bulletproof shield attached to the arm for fending off projectiles, especially in a riot situation.
- bois-le-duc — French name of 's Hertogenbosch.
- bordelaises — a brown sauce flavored with red wine and shallots and garnished with poached marrow and parsley.
- bridal shop — a shop that specializes in selling bridal wear
- bridle-wise — trained to obey the pressure of the reins on the neck instead of the pull on the bit
- bristlebird — any of various Australian warblers of the genus Dasyornis.
- calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
- calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendarist — a person who calendarizes
- candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
- capitalised — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- carloadings — the number of railroad carloads shipped in or out within a given period
- caudillismo — a political system organized under the rule of a caudillo
- centralised — to draw to or gather about a center.
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
- channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- childbirths — Plural form of childbirth.
- chrysalidal — relating to a chrysalis or stage in the development of an insect
- chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
- chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
- cladoptosis — the annual shedding of twigs or branches instead of leaves, as in certain cypresses.
- clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
- clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
- classic-ada — (language) An object-oriented extension to Ada, said to be like Smalltalk. It is implemented as an Ada preprocessor.
- classicized — Simple past tense and past participle of classicize.
- classifieds — The classifieds are the same as classified ad.
- claudius ii — full name Marcus Aurelius Claudius, called Gothicus. 214–270 ad, Roman emperor (268–270)
- clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
- closefisted — stingy
- clostridial — any of several rod-shaped, spore-forming, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, found in soil and in the intestinal tract of humans and animals.
- clostridium — any anaerobic typically rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Clostridium, occurring mainly in soil, but also in the intestines of humans and animals: family Bacillaceae. The genus includes the species causing botulism and tetanus
- clutch disk — The clutch disk or clutch plate is the rotating part of the clutch, to which the friction material is attached.
- cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- cold chisel — a toughened steel chisel
- cold fusion — the process of creating nuclear fusion at room temperature in order to create a power source
- cold-chisel — to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.
- color solid — a three-dimensional representation of colors according to the relationship between their hue, value, and saturation.
- color-slide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- condensible — capable of being condensed.
- condisciple — a fellow disciple or a fellow student
- consolidate — If you consolidate something that you have, for example power or success, you strengthen it so that it becomes more effective or secure.
- cordialness — The state or quality of being cordial.