12-letter words containing i, l, r
- dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
- distilleries — Plural form of distillery.
- distractable — Alternative form of distractible.
- distractedly — having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
- distractible — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distrainable — Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- distrustless — without suspicion or distrust
- disturbingly — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- ditriglyphic — of or pertaining to ditriglyphs
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- divinatorial — of or related to divination
- divorce mill — a divorce court, especially such a court in a state or country that does not impose difficult requirements, as a long period of residence or humiliating grounds, on those who wish to dissolve their marriage.
- doloriferous — causing pain or sadness, dolorific
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- dorsiflexion — flexion toward the back.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- double drift — a method of calculating wind direction and velocity by observing the direction of drift of an aircraft on two or more headings.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- dow compiler — An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
- draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- draft animal — an animal used for pulling heavy loads.
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- dramatically — of or relating to the drama.
- dramatizable — Capable of being dramatized.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- dress circle — a circular or curving division of seats in a theater, opera house, etc., usually the first gallery, originally set apart for spectators in evening dress.
- dress shield — a fabric or plastic pad for attaching to the inside of the underarm of a woman's garment to protect the garment from being soiled by perspiration.
- drill collar — A drill collar is a thick tubular piece at the bottom of a drillpipe, which concentrates the weight on the rotating drill bit.
- drill string — (on a drill rig) the assemblage of drill pipes that link the drill bit to the mechanism that imparts rotary or reciprocating motion.
- drillability — Machinery, Building Trades. a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation. a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- drilling mud — a water-based or oil-based suspension of clays pumped into an oil well during drilling in order to seal off porous rock layers, equalize the pressure, cool the bit, and flush out the cuttings.
- drilling rig — rig (def 7).
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- drinkability — The state or property of being drinkable.
- driveability — the degree of smoothness and steadiness of acceleration of an automotive vehicle: The automatic transmission has been improved to give the new model better drivability.
- driving belt — a belt that carries movement from an engine or moving part to another moving part
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- drizzle cake — a sponge cake that has syrup drizzled over it immediately after baking
- drop initial — inset initial.
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dry puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.