12-letter words containing d, o, i, l
- invalidation — to render invalid; discredit.
- involvedness — very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
- iodized salt — common table salt to which a small amount of sodium iodide or potassium iodide has been added
- ionic liquid — An ionic liquid is a liquid which contains ions.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- irda control — (standard) (IrDA-C, formerly IrBUS) Infrared standard from IrDA. IrDA Control is a low speed communication standard that allows cordless peripherals such as keyboards, mice, game pads, and joysticks to interact with intelligent host devices. Host devices include PCs, home appliances, game machines, and television and web set-top boxes. IrDA Control supports data rates of 75 Kbps at up to 8 metres, and is designed to integrate with devices that use USB HID. Parts and products featuring IrDA Control are expected in 1998. See also IrDA Data, AIR.
- irreconciled — not reconciled, esp with God
- isle of dogs — a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames, and a focus of major office development (Canary Wharf) in recent years
- isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
- isolated set — Mathematics. a set containing none of its accumulation points, consisting, therefore, of only isolated points.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- kachina doll — a Hopi Indian doll carved from cottonwood root in representation of a kachina and given as a gift to a child or used as a household decoration.
- kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
- knightlihood — Quality of being knightly.
- ladder logic — (programming) Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
- ladies' room — a public lavatory for women.
- lagging load — A lagging load is one where the phase of the current lags behind the phase of the voltage when supplied with an alternating voltage.
- lambda point — the temperature of approximately 2.186 K, at which the transition from helium I to superfluid helium II occurs.
- land-holding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
- lead dioxide — a brown crystalline compound, PbO 2 , toxic, insoluble in water and alcohol, soluble in glacial acetic acid: used as an oxidizing agent, in lead-acid batteries, and in analytical chemistry.
- leading note — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leading role — prominent acting part
- leading tone — the seventh degree of a diatonic scale; subtonic.
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
- leopoldville — former name of Kinshasa.
- lepidomelane — (mineralogy) A black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- leukopedesis — an outward flow of white blood cells through a blood-vessel wall.
- leveling rod — rod (def 19).
- liar paradox — a logical paradox that results from consideration of statements of the form “This statement is false.” If the statement is true, then it is false, whereas if it is false, then it is true.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- libidinosity — lustfulness
- libidinously — In a libidinous manner.
- lie detector — a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person's answers under questioning.
- lifting body — an aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which there are no wings, and lift is obtained by aerodynamic forces on its body.
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- light-footed — stepping lightly or nimbly; light of foot; nimble.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying