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15-letter words containing a, e, o, l, i

  • cyclopentadiene — a colourless liquid unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon obtained in the cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons and the distillation of coal tar: used in the manufacture of plastics and insecticides. Formula: C5H6
  • cytogenetically — (medicine, biology) By means or in terms of cytogenetics, the genetics of the cell.
  • cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
  • czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
  • daffodil yellow — a bright yellow colour
  • data collection — the process of gathering information or data
  • de broglie wave — a hypothetical wave associated with the motion of a particle of atomic or subatomic size that describes effects such as the diffraction of beams of particles by crystals.
  • dead on arrival — dead before reaching hospital
  • deagglomeration — Deagglomeration is the process of breaking up agglomerates.
  • deal someone in — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
  • dealer's choice — a card game, as poker, in which the dealer decides what particular game is to be played, often depending on the number of players, and designates any special variations or unusual rules, including setting the stakes.
  • decalcification — the act or process of decalcifying.
  • decarboxylation — the removal or loss of a carboxyl group from an organic compound
  • decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
  • deception table — a table of the 18th century made so as to conceal its true function, as in serving as a cabinet for a chamber pot.
  • decollate snail — a cone-shaped, burrowing snail, Rumina decollata, that feeds on common brown garden snails.
  • decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
  • decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
  • decontextualise — Alternative spelling of decontextualize.
  • decontextualize — to consider (something) in isolation from its usual context
  • deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
  • deglamorization — the act or process of making less glamorous
  • delabialization — the result or process of delabializing.
  • delayed opening — the automatic opening of a parachute after a predetermined delay to allow the parachutist to reach a particular height
  • delaying action — a measure or measures taken to gain time, as when weaker military forces harass the advance of a superior enemy without coming to a pitched battle
  • delmonico steak — club steak
  • delta reduction — (theory)   In lambda-calculus extended with constants, delta reduction replaces a function applied to the required number of arguments (a redex) by a result. E.g. plus 2 3 --> 5. In contrast with beta reduction (the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus) the result is not formed simply by textual substitution of arguments into the body of a function. Instead, a delta redex is matched against the left hand side of all delta rules and is replaced by the right hand side of the (first) matching rule. There is notionally one delta rule for each possible combination of function and arguments. Where this implies an infinite number of rules, the result is usually defined by reference to some external system such as mathematical addition or the hardware operations of some computer. For other types, all rules can be given explicitly, for example Boolean negation: not True = False not False = True (1997-02-20)
  • democratifiable — able to be made into a democracy
  • demographically — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
  • demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • demonstrational — the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence: a belief incapable of demonstration.
  • demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
  • demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
  • demutualization — Demutualization is a situation in which a mutually owned company such as an insurance company changes into a public company that issues stock.
  • denationalizing — Present participle of denationalize.
  • denormalization — to make normal.
  • depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
  • dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
  • depletion layer — a region at the interface between dissimilar zones of conductivity in a semiconductor, in which there are few charge carriers
  • deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
  • deserialization — The act or process of deserializing.
  • desexualization — The act or process of desexualizing.
  • desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
  • desocialization — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
  • destabilisation — Alternative spelling of destabilization.
  • destabilization — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
  • desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
  • detribalisation — Alternative form of detribalization.
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