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13-letter words containing a, d, o, l

  • 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.
  • dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
  • dentalization — to change into or pronounce as a dental sound.
  • denticulation — a denticulate structure
  • dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
  • dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
  • dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
  • 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.
  • deuteranomaly — a milder form of deuteranopia; partial deuteranopia
  • developmental — Developmental means relating to the development of someone or something.
  • devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
  • devotionalist — a devotee
  • diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
  • diacatholicon — an all-purpose remedy
  • dialect coach — a person whose job is to train actors to speak in the authentic accent and manner of a particular area
  • dialling code — A dialling code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before a particular telephone number if you are making a call to that place from a different area.
  • dialling tone — The dialling tone is the noise which you hear when you pick up a telephone receiver and which means that you can dial the number you want.
  • dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
  • diamond drill — a diamond-tipped drill
  • diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
  • dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
  • dicloxacillin — A narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class, used to treat infections caused by susceptible gram-positive bacteria.
  • dictatorially — In a dictatorial manner.
  • diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
  • dieselization — The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel.
  • digital audio — (multimedia, file format)   A sequence of discrete samples taken from a continuous sound (audio) waveform. Tens of thousands of samples are taken each second. Each sample represents the intensity of the sound pressure wave at that instant. Apart from the sampling frequency, the other parameter is the digital encoding of each sample including the number of bits used. The encoding may be linear, logarithmic or mu-law. Digital audio is typically created by taking 16-bit samples over a spectrum of 44.1 thousand cycles per second (kHz), this means that CD quality sound requires 1.4 million bits of data per second. Digital telephone systems use lower sample rates. See also Audio IFF, MP3, wav. A FAQ on audio file formats is available. Part 1, Part 2.
  • digital clock — a clock that displays the time in numerical digits rather than by hands on a dial.
  • digital detox — a period during which a person refrains from using digital or electronic devices, as to avoid distractions or make time for other activities: my week-long digital detox.
  • digital fount — a typeface of which the letter-shapes have been converted into digital form so that they can be used in computer-aided typesetting
  • digital logic — two-valued logic
  • digital radio — electronic wireless transmission
  • digital video — video output based on digital rather than analogue signals
  • dilapidations — Plural form of dilapidation.
  • dimensionally — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
  • dioristically — in a dioristic manner
  • diotheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
  • diphenoxylate — a substance, C 30 H 32 N 2 O 2 , used in the form of its hydrochloride in the treatment of diarrhea.
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