12-letter words containing ol
- decontrolled — Simple past tense and past participle of decontrol.
- dedolomitize — to transform (dolomite or dolomitic limestone) by separating the dolomite into calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate.
- deep ecology — a radical environmental movement and philosophy that regards humans as equal to other organisms within the global ecosystem.
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- delta-prolog — A Prolog extension with AND-parallelism, don't-know nondeterminism and interprocess communication using synchronous event goals and distributed backtracking.
- deltiologist — the hobby of collecting post cards.
- demolishment — to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
- demonologist — An expert in the study of demonology.
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- deontologist — ethics, especially that branch dealing with duty, moral obligation, and right action.
- depoliticise — Alternative spelling of depoliticize.
- depoliticize — to deprive of a political nature; render apolitical
- depolymerize — to break (a polymer) into constituent monomers or (of a polymer) to decompose in this way
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- desolateness — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- devolatilise — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- devolatilize — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- diabolically — having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked: a diabolic plot.
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- dineolignane — (organic chemistry) Any derivative of a lignane having four propylbenzene residues.
- dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- disenrolling — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- dissolutions — Plural form of dissolution.
- do the lolly — to lose one's temper
- dole bludger — a person who collects unemployment benefits but makes no serious effort to get work.
- 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.
- doloriferous — causing pain or sadness, dolorific
- dolorousness — The quality of being dolorous.
- dolphin kick — (in the butterfly stroke) a kick in which the legs move up and down together, with the knees bent on the upswing.
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- dorsolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the back and the side.
- drama school — a college which trains students (who are generally 18+) to act
- 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.
- dropped sole — a condition in which the foot of a horse is convex instead of concave
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dual-control — having dual controls
- dysteleology — Philosophy. a doctrine denying the existence of a final cause or purpose.
- earth colour — any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides
- east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
- ebracteolate — having no bractlets
- ecclesiology — the study of ecclesiastical adornments and furnishings.
- echolocation — the general method of locating objects by determining the time for an echo to return and the direction from which it returns, as by radar or sonar.
- echolocators — Plural form of echolocator.