12-letter words containing e, l, d
- edible canna — a South American and West Indian herb, Canna edulis, having large sheathing leaves, red flowers, and edible rhizomes.
- edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
- editorial we — we (def 6).
- editorialise — Alternative spelling of editorialize.
- editorialist — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- editorialize — to set forth one's position or opinion on some subject in, or as if in, an editorial.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- edwin hubble — Edwin Powell, 1889–1953, U.S. astronomer: pioneer in extragalactic research.
- elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
- elderberries — Plural form of elderberry.
- electrocuted — Simple past tense and past participle of electrocute.
- electrolyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of electrolyze.
- electrosonde — a sonde that measures the electric potential in the atmosphere
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- ellis island — small, government-owned island in Upper New York Bay: former (1892-1943) examination center for immigrants seeking to enter the U.S.: 27 acres (11 hectares)
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- emblematized — Simple past tense and past participle of emblematize.
- emerald isle — Ireland
- emerald moth — any of various green geometrid moths, esp the large emerald (Geometra papilionaria) a handsome pale green moth with white wavy markings
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- enciclopedia — Misspelling of encyclopedia.
- enculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of enculturate.
- encyclopedia — An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
- encyclopedic — Comprehensive in terms of information.
- end of steel — a point up to which railway tracks have been laid
- enderby land — part of the coastal region of Antarctica, between Kemp Land and Queen Maud Land: the westernmost part of the Australian Antarctic Territory (claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty); discovered in 1831
- endless belt — a continuous belt used in various applications, particularly to run over wheels
- endless loop — infinite loop
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
- endogenously — In an endogenous manner.
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
- endoskeleton — An internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates.
- endothelioma — Any of various mostly benign neoplasms derived from the endothelium of blood vessels or lymph channels.
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
- enlargedness — the state of being enlarged
- enlisted man — military: male soldier
- epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
- epidemically — In the manner of an epidemic.
- epidemiology — The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.