12-letter words containing d, u, l, n, e
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- Îles du vent — a group of islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia in the W Society Archipelago: Moorea, Maio (Tubuai Manu), and Mehetia and Tetiaroa. Pop: 184 222 (2002)
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- inadequately — not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- indigenously — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- indissoluble — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- indologenous — producing or causing the production of indole.
- indulgencies — indulgence.
- indulgencing — Present participle of indulgence.
- inequivalved — having the valves of the shell of a mollusk unequal in size
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- knuckle down — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- langue d'oil — the Romance language of medieval northern France: developed into modern French.
- laudableness — The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- linux loader — (operating system) (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
- liopleurodon — Any of the genus Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- long-tongued — talking too much or too openly, especially of private or confidential matters; chattering; gossipy.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lunar module — the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM.
- lundy's lane — a road near Niagara Falls, in Ontario, Canada: battle between the British and Americans in 1814.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.