12-letter words containing s, l, a, n, d
- devon island — an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- diesel train — a train hauled by a diesel locomotive or powered by a diesel engine
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dilettantish — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- dilettantism — the practices or characteristics of a dilettante.
- diminishable — That may be diminished.
- dinaric alps — a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)
- disablements — Plural form of disablement.
- disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disanalogous — not analogous
- disciplinant — a person belonging to a former order of flagellants in Spain
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- disclamation — the act of disclaiming; renunciation; disavowal.
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discretional — discretionary.
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- discussional — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- disembrangle — to disentangle (a person or thing)
- disentangled — Simple past tense and past participle of disentangle.
- disgavelling — the act or quality of being without gavelkind
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disinflation — a period or process of slowing the rate of inflation.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- dislocations — Plural form of dislocation.
- disloyalness — The state or quality of being disloyal.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- displeasance — the state or cause of being displeased
- dissemblance — dissembling; dissimulation.
- distanceless — without distance
- distillation — the volatilization or evaporation and subsequent condensation of a liquid, as when water is boiled in a retort and the steam is condensed in a cool receiver.
- distrainable — Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained.
- donatistical — relating to a Donatist or Donatism
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drawlingness — the quality or characteristic of a drawler
- dreadfulness — The characteristic of being dreadful.
- dreamfulness — the quality of being full of dreams
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dynastically — In a dynastic (or dynastical) way.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
- ellis island — small, government-owned island in Upper New York Bay: former (1892-1943) examination center for immigrants seeking to enter the U.S.: 27 acres (11 hectares)