12-letter words containing r, e, l, c, t
- decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralize — To decentralize government or a large organization means to move some departments away from the main administrative area, or to give more power to local departments.
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- deckle strap — a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declinometer — an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
- decontrolled — Simple past tense and past participle of decontrol.
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- decorrelated — Simple past tense and past participle of decorrelate.
- dedicatorial — relating to or acting as a dedication
- deli counter — a display case in a delicatessen, or one in a supermarket that sells delicatessen
- democratical — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- derelictions — Plural form of dereliction.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- discretional — discretionary.
- discretively — in a discretive manner
- distractable — Alternative form of distractible.
- distractedly — having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
- distractible — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- 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.
- 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.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- 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
- ebracteolate — having no bractlets
- echolocators — Plural form of echolocator.
- ectrodactyly — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- efflorescent — efflorescing; blossoming.
- electioneers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electioneer.
- electric arc — arc (sense 3)