12-letter words containing s, l, i, d, e
- cecil rhodes — Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- chesterfield — a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- childishness — of, like, or befitting a child: childish games.
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- circularised — Simple past tense and past participle of circularise.
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
- close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
- close-lipped — not talking or revealing much
- closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
- closed union — a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- colonialised — to make colonial.
- colour slide — a colour transparency
- coney island — an island off the S shore of Long Island, New York: site of a large amusement park
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- consolidated — consolidated (def 2).
- consolidates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consolidate.
- cordialities — cordial quality or feeling.
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- credibleness — The state or quality of being credible.
- credit sales — sales for which the customer does not need to pay immediately
- crossed line — interference on a telephone line that causes more than two callers to be connected
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- damselfishes — Plural form of damselfish.
- daniel jones — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- daniel shays — Daniel, 1747–1825, American Revolutionary War soldier: leader of a popular insurrection (Shays' Rebellion) in Massachusetts 1786–87.
- de-licensing — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- de-stabilise — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
- de-stalinize — to eliminate the influence of Stalin from
- dead soldier — an empty beer or spirit bottle
- dead spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- debut single — the first single produced by a particular singer or band
- decapitalise — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decasyllabic — having ten syllables: a decasyllabic verse.
- 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.