12-letter words containing o, d, l, t, e
- double entry — a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.
- double fault — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) two faults in succession, resulting in the loss of the point, the loss of the serve, or both.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- double quote — (character) '"' ASCII character 34. Often used in programming languages to delimit strings. In Unix shells and Perl it delimits a string inside which variable substitution may occur. Common names: quote. Rare: literal mark; double-glitch; ITU-T: quotation marks; ITU-T: dieresis; dirk; INTERCAL: rabbit-ears; double prime.
- 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
- double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
- double-digit — of or denoting a percentage greater than ten.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- double-width — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- 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.
- ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
- dulcet tones — People often use the expression dulcet tones to refer to someone's voice.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- dyotheletism — the teaching that Christ had both a divine will and a human will
- dysteleology — Philosophy. a doctrine denying the existence of a final cause or purpose.
- earth almond — chufa.
- 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
- electrocuted — Simple past tense and past participle of electrocute.
- electrolyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of electrolyze.
- electrosonde — a sonde that measures the electric potential in the atmosphere
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- emerald moth — any of various green geometrid moths, esp the large emerald (Geometra papilionaria) a handsome pale green moth with white wavy markings
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
- end of steel — a point up to which railway tracks have been laid
- endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
- endoskeleton — An internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates.
- endothelioma — Any of various mostly benign neoplasms derived from the endothelium of blood vessels or lymph channels.
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- ethical code — an ethical code is a set of moral principles used to govern the conduct of a profession
- etymologized — Simple past tense and past participle of etymologize.
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.