11-letter words containing e, s, l
- dog-whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- doggy style — of sexual intercourse, a position whereby the female is on all fours and the male is behind her
- dolefulness — The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
- dollishness — The quality of being dollish.
- doltishness — The characteristic of being doltish.
- dongle-disk — /don'gl disk/ (Or "key disk") A kind of dongle consisting of a special floppy disk that is required in order to perform some task. Some contain special coding that allows an application to identify it uniquely, others *are* special code that does something that normally-resident programs don't or can't. For example, AT&T's "Unix PC" would only come up in root mode with a special boot disk.
- doodle-sack — bagpipe (def 1).
- doodlesacks — Plural form of doodlesack.
- dorsiflexor — a muscle causing dorsiflexion.
- dot leaders — (text) A row of full stops intended to guide the reader's eye across the page from a column of variable length items on the left to the corresponding items in a column on the right. Used, for example, in the contents page of a book to tie a heading on the left to its page number on the right.
- double bass — the largest instrument of the violin family, having three or, usually, four strings, rested vertically on the floor when played.
- double salt — a salt that crystallizes as a single substance but ionizes as two distinct salts when dissolved, as carnallite, KMgCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O.
- double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
- double-stop — to play a double stop on (a stringed instrument).
- doublecross — To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
- doubled sig — A sig block that has been included twice in a Usenet article or, less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software. More often, however, it reveals the author's lack of experience in electronic communication. See BIFF, pseudo.
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- doubletrees — Plural form of doubletree.
- doublewides — Plural form of doublewide.
- doubtlessly — without doubt; certainly; surely; unquestionably.
- downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- dreadlessly — in a dreadless manner
- dreamlessly — In a dreamless way; without dreams.
- drill press — a drilling machine having a single vertical spindle.
- drillmaster — a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.
- dry-cleanse — to dry-clean.
- du guesclin — Bertrand [ber-trahn] /bɛrˈtrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), ("the Eagle of Brittany") c1320–80, French military leader: constable of France 1370–80.
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- duniewassal — a gentleman, especially a cadet of a ranking family, among the Highlanders of Scotland.
- duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.
- duplex scan — a scan that uses sound waves to show how well the blood is flowing in arteries
- durableness — Durability.
- dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
- dust ruffle — a ruffle attached to the inside hem of a full-length petticoat or skirt to protect the bottom edge of the garment against dirt and wear, popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- dutifulness — The state of being dutiful.
- dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
- dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
- eagle scout — a boy scout who has achieved the highest rank in U.S. scouting.
- early doors — at an early stage
- early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
- early riser — person: gets up early
- earthliness — of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.
- easefulness — State of being easeful, or a quality of promoting ease and tranquillity.
- east anglia — an early English kingdom in SE Britain: modern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- east bengal — formerly a part of the Indian province of Bengal; now coextensive with Bangladesh. Compare Bengal (def 1).
- east berlin — a former country in central Europe: created in 1949 from the Soviet zone of occupied Germany established in 1945: reunited with West Germany in 1990. 41,827 sq. mi. (108,333 sq. km). Capital: East Berlin.
- east london — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- east moline — a city in NW Illinois.
- easter lily — any of several white-flowered lilies that are artificially brought into bloom in early spring, especially Lilium longiflorum eximium, native to Taiwan and widely cultivated.