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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
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