12-letter words containing d, l, s
- closed shell — (in atomic structure) a shell that contains the maximum number of electrons permitted by the exclusion principle.
- closed union — a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.
- closed-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- cobblestoned — Cobbled; laid with cobblestones.
- cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
- cold-pressed — (of an unrefined oil such as olive oil) produced by pressing the parent seed, nut, or grain at the lowest possible temperature without any further pressing
- collingswood — a city in SW New Jersey.
- colonialised — to make colonial.
- colour slide — a colour transparency
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
- commodiously — In a commodious manner.
- common scold — (in early common law) a habitually rude and brawling woman whose conduct was subject to punishment as a public nuisance.
- compressedly — in a compressed manner
- conditionals — Plural form of conditional.
- coney island — an island off the S shore of Long Island, New York: site of a large amusement park
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- consolidated — consolidated (def 2).
- consolidates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consolidate.
- consolidator — a person or thing that consolidates
- constellated — Simple past tense and past participle of constellate.
- cook islands — a group of islands in the SW Pacific, an overseas territory of New Zealand: consists of the Lower Cooks and the Northern Cooks Capital: Avarua, on Rarotonga. Pop: 10 447 (2013 est). Area: 234 sq km (90 sq miles)
- cordialities — cordial quality or feeling.
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- cradleboards — Plural form of cradleboard.
- credibleness — The state or quality of being credible.
- credit sales — sales for which the customer does not need to pay immediately
- crocodilians — Plural form of crocodilian.
- cross-legged — If someone is sitting cross-legged, they are sitting on the floor with their legs bent so that their knees point outwards.
- crossed line — interference on a telephone line that causes more than two callers to be connected
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- crystalloids — Plural form of crystalloid.
- cuddle class — a category of airline ticket in which two passengers purchase an additional seat so that they may recline together along a row of three seats
- custodialism — of or relating to custody.
- custom-build — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- dactyloscopy — the analysis of fingerprints for the purpose of identification
- dall's sheep — a white-haired wild sheep, Ovis dalli, of mountainous regions of northwestern North America, having curved horns.
- dallis grass — a tall, succulent, forage grass (Paspalum dilatatum), with hairy spikelets, much grown in the S U.S.
- dalton's law — the principle that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases in a fixed volume is equal to the sum of the pressures that each gas would exert if it occupied the whole volume