13-letter words containing e, c, l
- double-action — (of a firearm) requiring only one pull of the trigger to cock and fire it.
- double-clutch — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
- double-decker — something with two decks, tiers, or the like, as two beds one above the other, a ship with two decks above the water line, or a bus with two decks.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- downhill race — a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- drilling crew — The drilling crew are the people who operate a drilling rig.
- dual alliance — the alliance between France and Russia (1890), strengthened by a military convention (1892–93) and lasting until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
- dual-attached — The form of FDDI interface where a device is connected to both FDDI token-passing rings, so that uninterrupted operation continues in the event of a failure of either of the rings. All connections to the main FDDI rings are dual-attached. Typically, a small number of critical infrastructure devices such as routers and concentrators are dual-attached, whereas host computers are normally single-attached or dual-homed to a router or concentrator. For example, a ring could be formed between a single router and two concentrators (all dual-attached) then all other components that need to be fault-tolerant (typically file servers) can be dual-homed to both concentrators.
- duck-egg blue — a pale greenish-blue colour
- due diligence — the degree of care that is to be reasonably expected or that is legally required, esp. of persons giving professional advice
- due-diligence — reasonable care and caution exercised by a person who is buying, selling, giving professional advice, etc., especially as required by law to protect against incurring liability: The court said there was due diligence on the part of the plaintiff.
- dyothelitical — relating to dyotheletism
- e-mail client — mail user agent
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- easter candle — a tall candle, symbolizing Christ, that is sometimes blessed and placed on the gospel side of an altar on Holy Saturday and kept burning until Ascension Day.
- eccentrically — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
- ecclesiastics — a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- eco-labelling — the practice or system of using eco-labels
- economy class — a low-priced type of accommodation for travel, especially on an airplane.
- ecophysiology — the branch of physiology that deals with the physiological processes of organisms with respect to their environment.
- ecopsychology — A form of psychology based on integration with the natural world rather than with society.
- ecotoxicology — The branch of science that deals with the nature, effects, and interactions of substances that are harmful to the environment.
- ectocommensal — Biology. (of an organism) living in a commensal relationship on the exterior of another organism.
- ecumenicalism — the doctrines and practices of the ecumenical movement.
- educationally — pertaining to education.
- effectualness — The state or condition of being effectual.
- efficaciously — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- efflorescence — the state or a period of flowering.
- egomaniacally — In an egomaniacal manner.
- egotistically — In an egotistic manner.
- egyptological — Alternative form of Egyptological.
- eight o'clock — 8 a.m.
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- elastic limit — the greatest stress that can be applied to a material without causing permanent deformation
- eleanor cross — any of the crosses erected at each place where the body of Eleanor of Castile (1246–90, Edward I's Spanish wife) rested between Nottingham (where she died) and London (where she is buried)
- electioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of electioneer.
- electioneerer — One who electioneers.
- electric blue — Something that is electric blue is very bright blue in colour.
- electric fire — a device that provides heat for a room from an incandescent electric element
- electric flux — the product of the electric displacement and the area across which it is displaced in an electric field
- electric hare — (in greyhound racing) a model of a hare, mounted on an electrified rail, which the dogs chase
- electricities — Plural form of electricity.
- electrization — the action of electrifying
- electroactive — (of living tissue) exhibiting electrical activity or responsive to electrical stimuli
- electrocement — cement that is produced through the addition of lime to molten slag in an electric furnace
- electrochemic — electrochemical
- electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.