12-letter words containing l, o, r, a
- currant loaf — a loaf-shaped fruit cake containing currants
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- cyclopropane — a colourless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon, used in medicine as an anaesthetic; trimethylene. It is a cycloalkane with molecules containing rings of three carbon atoms. Formula: C3H6; boiling pt: –34°C
- cytoanalyzer — an electronic optical device for screening smears of cells suspected of being malignant.
- d'oyly carte — Richard. 1844–1901, British impresario noted for his productions of the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
- darning wool — wool used for darning
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- day labourer — an unskilled worker hired and paid by the day
- dead soldier — an empty beer or spirit bottle
- dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
- deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- decorrelated — Simple past tense and past participle of decorrelate.
- dedicatorial — relating to or acting as a dedication
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
- deformalized — Simple past tense and past participle of deformalize.
- deglamorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deglamorize.
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- delayed drop — a parachute descent with the opening of the parachute delayed, usually for a predetermined period
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- della robbia — ˈLu‧ca (ˈlukɑ ) ; lo̅oˈkä) 1400?-82; Florentine sculptor & worker in enameled terra cotta: member of a family of artists
- delta-prolog — A Prolog extension with AND-parallelism, don't-know nondeterminism and interprocess communication using synchronous event goals and distributed backtracking.
- democratical — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralizing — If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
- denormalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denormalize.
- dentirostral — (of birds) having a toothed beak
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- diarthrodial — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.