12-letter words containing ll
- dillydallies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dillydally.
- diploma mill — an academic institution with low standards that awards many degrees
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- 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.
- disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- disembellish — (transitive) To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disgavelling — the act or quality of being without gavelkind
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disgustfully — in a disgustful manner
- dishevelling — Present participle of dishevel.
- disillusions — Plural form of disillusion.
- dissyllabify — to make disyllabic
- dissyllabism — the fact of having two syllables
- dissyllabize — to disyllabize.
- distastefull — Archaic form of distasteful.
- 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.
- distilleries — Plural form of distillery.
- diuretically — In a diuretic way.
- 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
- dockwalloper — longshoreman
- dogmatically — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- doll's house — a miniature house the scale of children's dolls.
- dollarocracy — a state in which private wealth determines the base of political power
- 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.
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- double scull — a racing shell in which two scullers sit one behind the other and pull two oars each
- downwellings — Plural form of downwelling.
- draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- dramatically — of or relating to the drama.
- drawbar pull — the force, measured in pounds, available to a locomotive for pulling rolling stock after overcoming its own tractive resistance.
- drill collar — A drill collar is a thick tubular piece at the bottom of a drillpipe, which concentrates the weight on the rotating drill bit.
- drill string — (on a drill rig) the assemblage of drill pipes that link the drill bit to the mechanism that imparts rotary or reciprocating motion.
- drillability — Machinery, Building Trades. a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation. a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- drilling mud — a water-based or oil-based suspension of clays pumped into an oil well during drilling in order to seal off porous rock layers, equalize the pressure, cool the bit, and flush out the cuttings.
- drilling rig — rig (def 7).
- drillmasters — Plural form of drillmaster.
- duodecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 39 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 72 zeros.
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.
- dwarf mallow — cheese1 (def 5).
- dynastically — In a dynastic (or dynastical) way.
- earth pillar — a pillar of earthy matter left by erosion of the surrounding ground.
- ebulliometer — a device used to determine the boiling point of a solution
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- eclectically — selecting or choosing from various sources.
- ecologically — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- economically — in a thrifty or frugal manner; with economy.
- ecstatically — of, relating to, or characterized by ecstasy or a state of sudden, intense, overpowering emotion: an ecstatic frenzy; ecstatic cheering for the winning team.