12-letter words containing a, d, l, n
- decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deescalating — Present participle of deescalate.
- definability — The quality of being definable.
- definitional — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
- deflectional — of or relating to deflection
- deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
- degenerately — In a degenerate manner.
- deglaciation — the process of removing glaciation
- deglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of deglutinate.
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- delamination — separation into layers
- delapidation — Dated form of dilapidation.
- delay screen — (in a cathode-ray tube) a sensitized screen with a phosphorescent coating that retains the image formed by the electron beam for an appreciable time.
- deleveraging — an instance of this: The economic crisis has forced a deleverage.
- deliberating — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- delicateness — fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
- delicatessen — A delicatessen is a shop that sells high quality foods such as cheeses and cold meats that have been imported from other countries.
- delimitating — Present participle of delimitate.
- delimitation — delimit.
- delineations — Plural form of delineation.
- deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
- delivery van — a small van used esp for delivery rounds
- delta-winged — (of an aircraft) having a triangular sweptback wing
- delusionally — In a delusional way.
- demineralize — to remove dissolved salts from (a liquid, esp water)
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demodulation — the act or process by which an output wave or signal is obtained having the characteristics of the original modulating wave or signal; the reverse of modulation
- demoniacally — In a demoniacal manner.
- demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralizing — If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
- denaturalize — to deprive of nationality
- denormalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denormalize.
- denotational — Of or pertaining to denotation.
- denotatively — having power to denote.
- dental floss — Dental floss is a type of thread that is used to clean the gaps between your teeth.
- dental nurse — a dentist's assistant, esp one who passes instruments, mixes fillings, etc
- dental plate — a dental prosthesis; denture.
- denticulated — Denticulate.
- dentilingual — pronounced or articulated with the tongue touching the upper teeth
- dentirostral — (of birds) having a toothed beak
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons