10-letter words containing a, d, m, e
- decumulate — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- deemphasis — Alternative spelling of de-emphasis.
- deep magic — [possibly from C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" books] An awesomely arcane technique central to a program or system, especially one neither generally published nor available to hackers at large (compare black art); one that could only have been composed by a true wizard. Compiler optimisation techniques and many aspects of OS design used to be deep magic; many techniques in cryptography, signal processing, graphics, and AI still are. Compare heavy wizardry. Especially found in comments of the form "Deep magic begins here.". Compare voodoo programming.
- defacement — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
- defamation — Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
- defamatory — Speech or writing that is defamatory is likely to damage someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
- defenceman — a defender in ice hockey and lacrosse
- defenseman — either of two players positioned close to their own goal to prevent scoring and to gain possession of the puck
- deformable — to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
- defragment — to reorganize files on (a disk) so that the parts of each file are stored in contiguous sectors on the disk, thereby improving computer performance and maximizing disk space.
- defrayment — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
- dehumanise — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- dehumanize — If you say that something dehumanizes people, you mean it takes away from them good human qualities such as kindness, generosity, and independence.
- dekametric — (of a radio wave) having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters: decametric wave.
- delaminate — to divide or cause to divide into thin layers
- deliminate — To delimit, especially in the computing sense.
- delimitate — delimit.
- delta team — an assault unit of highly trained and specialized U.S. troops that can be quickly dispatched to deal with terrorist action.
- demagogism — The practices and principles of a demagogue; a pandering to the multitude for selfish ends.
- demagogued — Simple past tense and past participle of demagogue.
- demagogues — Plural form of demagogue.
- demand bid — a bid to which one's partner is obliged to respond.
- demandable — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
- demantoids — Plural form of demantoid.
- demarcated — to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of: to demarcate a piece of property.
- demarcates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demarcate.
- demarcator — to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of: to demarcate a piece of property.
- demarketed — Simple past tense and past participle of demarket.
- demeanours — Plural form of demeanour.
- demeasnure — demeanour
- demicanton — either of the two parts of certain Swiss cantons
- demilancer — A soldier who carries a demilance.
- demiquaver — a sixteenth note; semiquaver.
- demisexual — (of humans) Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.
- demitasses — Plural form of demitasse.
- democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
- demodulate — to carry out demodulation on (a wave or signal)
- demography — Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time.
- demon star — Algol.
- demoniacal — of, relating to, or like a demon; demonic: demoniac laughter.
- demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- demothball — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- demotivate — to cause (a person) to lose motivation
- demurrages — Plural form of demurrage.
- dendrogram — any branching diagram, such as a cladogram, showing the interconnections between treelike organisms
- denominate — to give a specific name to; designate
- dental dam — Also called rubber dam. a thin piece of latex placed over the tooth or teeth being treated during endodontic treatment or other dental work.
- department — A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
- deracemize — (chemistry) To convert a racemic mixture into one or other of the enantiomers.