12-letter words containing l, a, t, e, r
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the back and the side.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- double altar — an altar on which the Eucharist may be celebrated from either the liturgical east or the liturgical west side.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- downregulate — To decrease the number of cell receptors by using downregulation.
- draft letter — the first version of a letter
- draggle-tail — slut; slattern.
- dramatizable — Capable of being dramatized.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- 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.
- dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- earth almond — chufa.
- earth closet — a type of lavatory in which earth is used to cover excreta
- earth colour — any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides
- earth pillar — a pillar of earthy matter left by erosion of the surrounding ground.
- easterliness — The state of being easterly.
- ebracteolate — having no bractlets
- echolocators — Plural form of echolocator.
- ectrodactyly — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- 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
- egalitarians — Plural form of egalitarian.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- electric arc — arc (sense 3)
- electric ray — any ray of the order Torpediniformes, of tropical and temperate seas, having a flat rounded body with an electric organ in each of the fins, close to the head
- electrically — In an electric manner; by means of electricity.
- electricians — Plural form of electrician.
- electroclash — a type of electronic music, originating in the first decade of the 21st century, that combines modern techno with synthesizer music characteristic of the 1980s
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- electronical — (rare) electronic.
- electroplate — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electropolar — having, or relating to, electrical polarity
- elementarily — In an elementary way.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- eleutherarch — the chief of the eleutheri
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- emerald moth — any of various green geometrid moths, esp the large emerald (Geometra papilionaria) a handsome pale green moth with white wavy markings