11-letter words containing l, e, m
- dissembleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissemble.
- dissembling — to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- disseminule — any propagative part of a plant, as a bud, seed, or spore, that is capable of disseminating the plant.
- dissimilate — to modify by dissimilation.
- dissimulate — to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.
- distillment — distillation.
- ditheletism — the theory and belief that Christ had two wills, human and divine
- dolorimeter — an instrument used in dolorimetry.
- dolorimetry — a technique for measuring the sensitivity to pain produced by heat rays focused on an area of skin and recorded in dols.
- domiciliate — to domicile.
- double demy — a size of printing paper, 22½ × 35 inches (57 × 89 cm).
- double dome — an intellectual; egghead.
- double jump — Chess. the advance of a pawn, in its original move only, from its initial position on the second rank to the fourth without stopping at the intervening square.
- double room — double (def 13).
- double time — a doubled wage rate, paid for working on public holidays, etc
- double-dome — an intellectual; egghead.
- double-team — to defend against or block (an opposing player) by using two players, as in football or basketball: By double-teaming the end the safety men left the other receiver in the open.
- double-time — to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
- dream world — the world of imagination or illusion rather than of objective reality.
- dreamlessly — In a dreamless way; without dreams.
- drillmaster — a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.
- dual number — a grammatical number category referring to exactly two persons or things
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- dumpy level — an instrument consisting of a spirit level mounted under and parallel to a telescope, the latter being rigidly attached to its supports.
- dunfermline — an administrative district in E Scotland, in the Fife region. 120 sq. mi. (311 sq. km).
- duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.
- duplex pump — a pair of direct-acting steam pumps so arranged that each pump begins its working stroke just as the other finishes its working stroke, so that the rate of flow of the fluid is nearly continuous.
- dutch metal — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
- dwindlement — the condition of decreasing or diminishing
- 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.
- east moline — a city in NW Illinois.
- eclecticism — the use or advocacy of an eclectic method.
- ectoplasmic — Relating to, or having the properties or appearance of, ectoplasm.
- ectothermal — coldblooded (sense 1)
- egomaniacal — Having the psychological condition of egomania.
- ekman layer — the thin top layer of the sea that flows at 90° to the wind direction, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman
- elastomeric — Of, pertaining to, or containing elastomers.
- elecampanes — Plural form of elecampane.
- electroform — to form (a metallic object) by electrolytic deposition on a mould or matrix
- electrogram — a record of an organ's electrical activity, measured by monitoring changes in electric potential
- element 110 — a radioactive chemical element with a very short half-life: a transactinide produced by bombarding any of various heavy elements, esp. lead, with high-energy nuclear particles: at. no., 110; ununnilium
- element 111 — a radioactive chemical element with a very short half-life: a transactinide produced by bombarding bismuth with nickel atoms: at. no., 111; unununium
- element 112 — a radioactive chemical element with a very short half-life: a transactinide produced by bombarding lead with zinc ions: at. no., 112; ununbium
- elementally — In an elemental manner.
- eliminating — Present participle of eliminate.
- elimination — The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
- eliminative — Of, pertaining to, or producing elimination.
- eliminators — Plural form of eliminator.
- eliminatory — Tending to eliminate.
- emasculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emasculate.