11-letter words containing a, i, s
- desexualize — to deprive of sexual characteristics by the surgical removal of the testicles or ovaries; castrate or spay
- desiccating — Present participle of desiccate.
- desiccation — Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
- desiccative — Causing to desiccate, dry.
- desiderated — Simple past tense and past participle of desiderate.
- desideratum — something lacked and wanted
- designating — Present participle of designate.
- designation — A designation is a description, name, or title that is given to someone or something. Designation is the fact of giving that description, name, or title.
- designative — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- designators — Plural form of designator.
- designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desinential — Terminal.
- desipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant drug
- desocialize — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- desolations — Plural form of desolation.
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- dessication — Misspelling of desiccation.
- destabilise — (transitive) To make something unstable.
- destabilize — To destabilize something such as a country or government means to create a situation which reduces its power or influence.
- destalinize — (transitive) To free from the influence of w Joseph Stalin.
- destination — The destination of someone or something is the place to which they are going or being sent.
- desublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- detasseling — Present participle of detassel.
- detestation — intense hatred; abhorrence
- detonations — Plural form of detonation.
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- detribalise — Alt form detribalize.
- devastating — If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging.
- devastation — Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.
- devitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitalize.
- devotionals — Plural form of devotional.
- diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
- diacoustics — the branch of physics that deals with refracted sound
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- diagnosable — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- diagnosis's — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- diagnostics — the art or practice of diagnosis, esp of diseases
- diagonalise — Alternative spelling of diagonalize.
- dialogistic — a speaker in a dialogue.
- dian fossey — Dian [dahy-an] /daɪˈæn/ (Show IPA), 1932–85, U.S. zoologist: expert on great apes.
- diaper rash — (in babies) any irritation to the skin around the genitals, anus, or buttocks, usually caused by contact with urine or excrement
- diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
- diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
- diapophyses — Plural form of diapophysis.
- diapophysis — the upper or articular surface of a transverse vertebral process
- diapositive — a positive transparency; slide
- diarthroses — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
- diarthrosis — any freely movable joint, such as the shoulder and hip joints