12-letter words containing l, e, a, t
- double steal — a play in which two base runners steal a base each.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- 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.
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- dubitatively — in a dubitative manner
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- 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.
- east anglian — an early English kingdom in SE Britain: modern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- east bengali — of or relating to East Bengal (now Bangladesh) or its inhabitants
- east lansing — a city in S Michigan.
- east lothian — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
- easterliness — The state of being easterly.
- eating apple — apple suitable for eating raw
- ebracteolate — having no bractlets
- ecclesiastes — a book of the Bible. Abbreviation: Eccl., Eccles.
- ecclesiastic — a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
- echolocation — the general method of locating objects by determining the time for an echo to return and the direction from which it returns, as by radar or sonar.
- echolocators — Plural form of echolocator.
- eclectically — selecting or choosing from various sources.
- ecstatically — of, relating to, or characterized by ecstasy or a state of sudden, intense, overpowering emotion: an ecstatic frenzy; ecstatic cheering for the winning team.
- ectrodactyly — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- 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
- effectuality — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
- effeminately — In an effeminate manner.
- egalitarians — Plural form of egalitarian.