14-letter words containing e, c, l
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- diurnal circle — the apparent circle described by a heavenly body as a result of one rotation by the earth.
- diverticulated — having diverticula
- diverticulitis — inflammation of one or more diverticula, characterized by abdominal pain, fever, and changes in bowel movements.
- diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
- do one's block — to become angry
- do violence to — to inflict harm upon; damage or violate
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- dodecasyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to 12 syllables.
- dodecasyllable — a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.
- dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
- dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
- dongle cracker — (security) Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
- door-key child — latchkey child.
- doppler effect — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- double coconut — a tall, stout, fan palm, Lodoicea maldivica, of the Seychelles Islands, having nuts that are the largest seeds of any plant, often weighing 50 pounds (22.6 kg): populations are declining.
- double deckers — (jargon) Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- double-crosser — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- dulce de leche — milk-based caramel sauce or candy
- dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
- duodenal ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the duodenum.
- duplex process — any of several methods for making steel in which the process is begun in one furnace and finished in another.
- dust collector — A dust collector is a vessel or piece of equipment for the removal of dust from a gas.
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- early american — (of furniture, buildings, utensils, etc.) built or made in the U.S. in the colonial period or somewhat later.
- early check-in — An early check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in earlier than the normal time.
- east cleveland — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- eau de cologne — cologne.
- ecclesiastical — of or relating to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.
- ecclesiasticus — a book of the Apocrypha. Abbreviation: Ecclus.
- ecclesiologist — One versed in ecclesiology.
- eco-capitalism — the theory or practice of a free-market economy in which natural resources are regarded as capital and profits are partially dependent on environmental protection and sustainability
- economic cycle — business cycle.
- economic model — model (def 10).
- economicalness — The quality of being economical.
- ectocommensals — Plural form of ectocommensal.
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- edaphic climax — a localized climax community that may differ from the surrounding climax vegetation by reason of slightly differing soil type, exposure to sun and wind, drainage, etc.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- educationalist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- effervescently — effervescing; bubbling.
- ego psychology — the study of the adaptive and mediating functions of the ego and their role in personality development and emotional disorder
- egocentrically — In an egocentric manner.
- elastic tissue — a connective tissue consisting largely of yellow, elastic fibers, occurring especially in the walls of arteries and veins