12-letter words containing d, m, l
- common scold — (in early common law) a habitually rude and brawling woman whose conduct was subject to punishment as a public nuisance.
- complemented — having a complement or complements.
- complexified — Simple past tense and past participle of complexify.
- complexioned — of a specified complexion
- complimented — Simple past tense and past participle of compliment.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- compressedly — in a compressed manner
- contemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- credit limit — Your credit limit is the amount of debt that you are allowed, for example, by your credit card company.
- criminalized — Simple past tense and past participle of criminalize.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- custodialism — of or relating to custody.
- custom-build — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- cylindriform — having the form or shape of a cylinder
- damask steel — Damascus steel
- damnableness — The state or quality of being damnable.
- damper pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
- damselfishes — Plural form of damselfish.
- dark mineral — any rock-forming mineral that has a specific gravity greater than 2.8 and that is generally dark in color.
- daydreamlike — resembling a daydream
- de dolo malo — with evil intention; with intent to defraud.
- dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- decalcomania — the art or process of transferring a design from prepared paper onto another surface, such as china, glass, or paper
- decalcomanie — (dated) decalcomania.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- decimalizing — Present participle of decimalize.
- declamations — Plural form of declamation.
- declinometer — an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
- decomposable — to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- dedolomitize — to transform (dolomite or dolomitic limestone) by separating the dolomite into calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate.
- deflowerment — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- deformalized — Simple past tense and past participle of deformalize.
- deglamorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deglamorize.
- delamination — separation into layers
- delegitimate — (transitive) to remove the legitimacy from.
- delegitimise — Alternative spelling of delegitimize.
- delegitimize — to make invalid, illegal, or unacceptable
- delimitating — Present participle of delimitate.
- delimitation — delimit.
- delta rhythm — the normal electrical activity of the cerebral cortex during deep sleep, occurring at a frequency of 1 to 4 hertz and detectable with an electroencephalograph
- demilitarise — (British) alternative spelling of demilitarize.
- demilitarize — To demilitarize an area means to ensure that all military forces are removed from it.
- demineralize — to remove dissolved salts from (a liquid, esp water)
- demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
- democratical — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demodulation — the act or process by which an output wave or signal is obtained having the characteristics of the original modulating wave or signal; the reverse of modulation
- demolishment — to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.