15-letter words containing a, d, r, e
- dephosphorylate — to remove a phosphate group from (an organic compound)
- depletion layer — a region at the interface between dissimilar zones of conductivity in a semiconductor, in which there are few charge carriers
- deprivatization — The act or process of deprivatizing.
- deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
- derhotacization — A distortion in (or an Inability to pronounce) the sound of letter R, causing the R to be omitted as a consonant or changing /\u025d/ or /\u025a/ to /\u025c/,/\u0259/, or another vowel if a vocalic.
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- dermatographism — a condition in which touching or lightly scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks.
- dermatomyositis — a chronic medical condition characterized by inflammation of muscles (myositis), accompanied by a skin rash
- dermatophytosis — a fungal infection of the skin, esp the feet
- desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
- describableness — The quality of being describable.
- deserialization — The act or process of deserializing.
- desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
- designated area — specified
- desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
- desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
- desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
- detached retina — a retina that is separated from the choroid layer of the eyeball to which it is normally attached, resulting in loss of vision in the affected part
- determinability — the quality of being determinable
- determinateness — The state or quality of being determinate.
- detribalisation — Alternative form of detribalization.
- detribalization — to cause to lose tribal allegiances and customs, chiefly through contact with another culture.
- deuteranomalous — having deuteranomaly; relating to deuteranomaly
- devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
- dexfenfluramine — an adrenergic drug, a form of fenfluramine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- dextrosinistral — left-handed, but having the right hand trained for writing.
- diaheliotropism — the tendency among plants to respond to the light of the sun by orienting their leaves perpendicular to the sun's rays, such that the upper surface of the leaves receives maximum light
- diastereoisomer — a type of isomer that differs in the spatial arrangement of atoms in the molecule, but is not a mirror image; a stereoisomer that is not an enantiomer
- dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
- dictatorialness — The state or quality of being dictatorial.
- differentiating — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
- differentiation — Biology. the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to specialized kinds, during development.
- differentiative — That differentiates, or causes differentiation.
- differentiators — Plural form of differentiator.
- diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
- diffractometric — Relating to diffractometry; measured using a diffractometer.
- digestive tract — alimentary canal
- digital carrier — (hardware, communications) A medium which can carry digital signals; broadly equivalent to the physical layer of the OSI seven layer model of networks. Carriers can be described as baseband or broadband. A baseband carrier can include direct current (DC), whereas broadband carriers are modulated by various methods into frequency bands which do not include DC. Sometimes a modem (modulator/demodulator) or codec (coder/decoder) combines several channels on one transmission path. The combining of channels is called multiplexing, and their separation is called demultiplexing, independent of whether a modem or codec bank is used. Modems can be associated with frequency division multiplexing (FDM) and codecs with time division multiplexing (TDM) though this grouping of concepts is somewhat arbitrary. If the medium of a carrier is copper telephone wire, the circuit may be called T1, T3, etc. as these designations originally described such. T1 carriers used a restored polar line coding scheme which allowed a baseband signal to be transported as broadband and restored to baseband at the receiver. T1 is not used in this sense today, and indeed it is often confused with the DS1 signal carried.
- diphenhydramine — a white, crystalline, antihistaminic compound, C 17 H 21 NO, used orally, topically, and parenterally, especially for allergies.
- direct dialling — a service which allows telephone users to make international calls without operator assistance
- direct taxation — Direct taxation is a system in which a government raises money by means of direct taxes.
- direction angle — an angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
- disaster relief — financial or physical help provided to people or areas hit by a disaster
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- disembarrassing — Present participle of disembarrass.
- disenfranchised — to disfranchise.
- disenfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disenfranchise.
- disentrancement — the act of setting free from a trance
- disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.