13-letter words containing a, d, o, e
- demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- demyelination — The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, normally as a result of disease.
- denationalise — Alternative spelling of denationalize.
- denationalize — To denationalize an industry or business means to transfer it into private ownership so that it is no longer owned and controlled by the state.
- denaturations — Plural form of denaturation.
- dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- deng xiaoping — 1904–97, Chinese Communist statesman; deputy prime minister (1973–76; 1977–80) and the dominant figure in the Chinese government from 1977 until his death. He was twice removed from office (1967–73, 1976–77) and rehabilitated. He introduced economic liberalization, but suppressed demands for political reform, most notably in 1989 when over 2500 demonstrators were killed by the military in Tiananmen Square in Beijing
- denominations — Plural form of denomination.
- densification — the act of becoming or making more dense
- dentalization — to change into or pronounce as a dental sound.
- denticulation — a denticulate structure
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- denunciations — Plural form of denunciation.
- deodorisation — Alternative form of deodorization.
- deodorization — The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.
- deontological — (of an ethical theory) regarding obligation as deriving from reason or as residing primarily in certain specific rules of conduct rather than in the maximization of some good
- deoxygenating — Present participle of deoxygenate.
- deoxygenation — to remove oxygen from (a substance, as blood or water).
- depathologize — (transitive) To cease to treat as a medical disorder.
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- dephlegmation — the act of dephlegmating
- deployability — Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
- deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- deprotonation — (chemistry) The removal of a proton (hydrogen ion) from a molecule to form a conjugate base.
- derealisation — Alternative form of derealization.
- derealization — a symptom of various psychological and medical conditions, as well as a side-effect of certain treatments and drugs, whereby the world around one seems less real
- derivationist — a person who believes that it is possible to derive knowledge of what is good for humans from a metaphysical study of humans themselves
- dermatography — a treatise or writing concerning the skin
- dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
- dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
- dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- dermatotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- deromanticize — to remove the romantic, ideal, or heroic aura from.
- desegregation — the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.
- desertization — the processes by which an area becomes a desert.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- deteriorating — Become progressively worse.
- deterioration — the act or process of deteriorating.
- deteriorative — tending to deteriorate
- determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
- determinators — determiner (def 1).
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist