12-letter words containing a, d, l, n
- deny a claim — If an insurance company denies a claim, it refuses to pay a claim submitted by a policyholder.
- deoppilation — the removal of obstructions
- departmental — Departmental is used to describe the activities, responsibilities, or possessions of a department in a government, company, or other organization.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- desalinating — Present participle of desalinate.
- desalination — Desalination is the process of removing salt from sea water so that it can be used for drinking, or for watering crops.
- desalinizing — Present participle of desalinize.
- descensional — relating to descension
- desolateness — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- detailedness — the quality of being detailed
- determinable — able to be decided, fixed, or found out
- determinably — In a determinable way.
- detonability — the quality of being detonable
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devitalizing — Present participle of devitalize.
- devon island — an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).
- devotionally — In a devotional manner.
- diagonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of diagonalize.
- dialectician — an expert in dialectic; logician
- dialkylamine — (organic chemistry) Any secondary amine formed from two alkyl groups.
- diamond lane — a highway or street lane for buses and passenger vans marked with a large diamond shape on the pavement.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- diatonically — In a diatonic manner.
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- diesel train — a train hauled by a diesel locomotive or powered by a diesel engine
- diethylamine — (organic compound) The secondary amine (CH3CH2)2NH.
- differential — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- diffrangible — capable of being diffracted
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- digitalizing — Present participle of digitalize.
- digladiation — fighting with swords or hand-to-hand
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.
- dilacerating — Present participle of dilacerate.
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- dilapidating — Present participle of dilapidate.
- dilapidation — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- dilatational — a dilated formation or part.
- 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.