11-letter words containing e, u, l, o
- cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
- cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
- cushionless — without a cushion
- cut a melon — to declare an abnormally high dividend to shareholders
- cutaneously — In a cutaneous way.
- cuttlebones — Plural form of cuttlebone.
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- deciduously — shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.
- declivitous — fairly steep
- deevolution — any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
- deglutition — the act of swallowing
- deglutitory — of or relating to swallowing
- deleterious — Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it.
- deliciously — In a delicious manner.
- deliriously — Pathology. affected with or characteristic of delirium.
- delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- delusionist — a person prone to delusions
- demodulated — Simple past tense and past participle of demodulate.
- demodulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demodulate.
- demodulator — a device used in demodulation
- demountable — to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.
- depollution — to eliminate, clean up, or decrease pollution in (an area).
- depopulated — (of a place) reduced in population
- depopulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depopulate.
- depopulator — a thing that causes a decrease in population
- desultorily — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- devaluation — a decrease in the exchange value of a currency against gold or other currencies, brought about by a government
- devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- dexterously — skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- dicephalous — having two heads
- disclosures — Plural form of disclosure.
- discoloured — (British) alternative spelling of discolored.
- dissolutely — In a dissolute manner.
- dolefulness — The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
- douay bible — an English translation of the Bible, prepared by Roman Catholic scholars from the Vulgate. The New Testament was published at Rheims in 1582 and the Old Testament was published at Douai in 1609–10.
- double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- double bass — the largest instrument of the violin family, having three or, usually, four strings, rested vertically on the floor when played.
- double bill — presentation: two films
- double bind — Psychology. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, especially by a parent, such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.
- double bond — a chemical linkage consisting of two covalent bonds between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by two lines, two dots, or four dots, as CH 2 =CH 2 ; CH 2 :CH 2 ; CH 2 ::CH 2 .
- double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
- double coat — an outer coat of hair on a dog serving as protection against underbrush and resistant to weather, combined with an undercoat of softer hair for warmth and waterproofing.
- double date — two couples meeting socially
- double demy — a size of printing paper, 22½ × 35 inches (57 × 89 cm).
- double dome — an intellectual; egghead.
- double duty — designed to fill two functions: double-duty tools.