12-letter words containing o, d, e, l
- diplogenesis — the double production or formation of something that is normally single, such as a doubled part in a fetus or a double fetus
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- dipsy-doodle — a quick dipping, sliding motion of the body, as made by ball carriers in football to evade tacklers.
- dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- disallowable — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discretional — discretionary.
- disemboweled — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disembroiled — Simple past tense and past participle of disembroil.
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- disjointedly — In a disjointed manner.
- dislocatedly — in a dislocated manner
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- disloyalness — The state or quality of being disloyal.
- disloyalties — Plural form of disloyalty.
- disorderedly — In a disordered way; haphazardly, chaotically.
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- dissocialize — to render dissocial
- 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.
- do the lolly — to lose one's temper
- docking keel — one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
- dockwalloper — longshoreman
- documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- dodecahedral — Having twelve plane surfaces.
- dodecastylos — a dodecastyle building, as a classical temple.
- dog's letter — the letter r, especially when representing a trill.
- doggy paddle — a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on his or her front, paddles his or her hands in imitation of a swimming dog, and beats his or her legs up and down
- dogleg fence — snake fence.
- dole bludger — a person who collects unemployment benefits but makes no serious effort to get work.
- doll's house — a miniature house the scale of children's dolls.
- dolly varden — a woman's costume of the late 19th century, including a flower-trimmed, broad-brimmed hat and a dress consisting of a tight bodice and bouffant panniers in a flower print over a calf-length quilted petticoat.
- doloriferous — causing pain or sadness, dolorific
- dolorousness — The quality of being dolorous.
- domain model — (systems analysis) 1. A definition of the functions, objects, data, requirements, relationships and variations in a particular domain. 2. A product of domain analysis which provides a representation of the requirements of the domain. The domain model identifies and describes the structure of data, flow of information, functions, constraints and controls within the Domain that are included in software systems in the domain. The Domain Model describes commonalities and variabilities among requirements for software systems in the domain.
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- domiciliated — to domicile.
- donald budge — (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
- dope peddler — a seller of illegal drugs
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- dorsiflexion — flexion toward the back.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.