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11-letter words containing e, d, i, l

  • diazoalkane — any diazo compound having the general formula R 2 CN 2 , where R is hydrogen or any saturated organic group, as diazomethane, CH 2 N 2 .
  • dicephalous — having two heads
  • dichlobenil — a nonselective preemergence herbicide, C 7 H 3 Cl 2 N, used primarily as a weed and grass killer.
  • dickcissels — Plural form of dickcissel.
  • dicotyledon — any flowering plant of the class Dicotyledonae, normally having two embryonic seed leaves and leaves with netlike veins. The group includes many herbaceous plants and most families of trees and shrubs
  • dictyostele — a form of stele found in some ferns, containing so many gaps that it is like a network of separate strands
  • diddle with — Informal. to toy; fool (usually followed by with): The kids have been diddling with the controls on the television set again.
  • die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
  • diesel fuel — a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.
  • dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
  • differently — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
  • diffidently — lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
  • diffusively — In a diffusive manner.
  • digestional — the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.
  • digestively — In a digestive manner; by means of digestion.
  • digital pen — a pen-like device that enables a person to enter information into a digital electronic device by writing on a screen
  • digitalised — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
  • digitalises — any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
  • digitalized — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
  • diglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of two hydroxyl groups with fatty acids.
  • dignifiable — Capable of being dignified.
  • dignifiedly — In a dignified manner.
  • dilacerated — Simple past tense and past participle of dilacerate.
  • dilapidated — reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
  • dilatometer — a device for measuring expansion caused by changes in temperature in substances.
  • dilettantes — Plural form of dilettante.
  • dill pickle — a cucumber pickle flavored with dill.
  • dimensional — Of or pertaining to dimensions.
  • dimentional — Misspelling of dimensional.
  • dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
  • dineolignan — (organic compound) Any compound having a structure based on a dineolignane.
  • dingleberry — Slang. a small clot of dung, as clinging to the hindquarters of an animal.
  • dinner bell — signal: dinnertime
  • dinner lady — female cook in school canteen
  • dinner roll — a small round piece of bread provided as a side dish as part of a meal
  • dinnerplate — A plate on which dinner can be served.
  • diode laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
  • diotheletic — relating to diothelism
  • diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
  • diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
  • diplomatese — the type of language or jargon used by diplomats, thought to be excessively complicated, cautious, or vague
  • diplomatize — to use diplomacy or tact.
  • direct mail — mail, usually consisting of advertising matter, appeals for donations, or the like, sent simultaneously to large numbers of possible individual customers or contributors. Abbreviation: DM.
  • direct rule — Direct rule is a system in which a central government rules an area which has had its own parliament or law-making organization in the past.
  • direct-dial — being a telephone or telephone system enabling long-distance calls to be direct-dialed.
  • directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
  • directorial — pertaining to a director or directorate.
  • direfulness — the state or fact of being direful
  • dirlotapide — A drug used to treat obesity in dogs.
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