12-letter words containing d, m, l
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blind summit — a point on a road where a vehicle approaching the top of a hill or incline cannot see vehicles approaching up the other side of the hill
- blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
- blood plasma — the pale yellow fluid portion of the blood; blood from which red and white blood cells and platelets have been removed
- blood sample — an amount of a person's blood taken from their body for use in medical tests
- blood volume — the total quantity of blood in the body
- bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
- blow molding — Blow molding is a process for forming plastic objects in which plastic is melted, put in a mold, and then shaped by having compressed air blown into it.
- blow-molding — the sound of any vapor or gas issuing from a vent under pressure.
- bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
- bulk modulus — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance equal to minus the ratio of the applied stress (p) to the resulting fractional change in volume (dV/V) in a specified reference state (dV/V is the bulk strain)
- bumbleheaded — clumsy, plodding, or foolish: He stumbled through the talk in his bumbleheaded way.
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- burial mound — a barrow
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- cadmium cell — a photocell with a cadmium electrode that is especially sensitive to ultraviolet radiation
- call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- child minder — a person who looks after children, esp those whose parents are working
- child-minder — a baby-sitter.
- childminding — Childminding is looking after children when it is done by someone such as a childminder.
- chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
- chloroformed — Simple past tense and past participle of chloroform.
- chord symbol — any of a series of letters and numerals, used as a shorthand indication of chords, esp in jazz, folk, or pop music
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- circumflexed — (linguistics, of a written word) exhibiting circumflex accent.
- circumvolved — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve.
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- clam chowder — chowder containing clams
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
- clear as mud — not at all clear
- clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
- clipped form — a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
- closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- codling moth — a tortricid moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larvae of which are a pest of apples
- cold comfort — If you say that a slightly encouraging fact or event is cold comfort to someone, you mean that it gives them little or no comfort because their situation is so difficult or unpleasant.
- colour model — (graphics) Any system for representing colours as ordered sets of numbers. The most common colour models are RGB, CMYK, and HSB. There are several others, e.g. CMY, and the "Lab" system(?). See also: Pantone.
- 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.
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- come unglued — If something comes unglued, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
- command line — typed instructions that access a computer system
- commandingly — being in command: a commanding officer.
- commodiously — In a commodious manner.