11-letter words containing a, l, u, d, i
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
- dasht-i-lut — a desert plateau in central and E central Iran
- decasualize — to replace the casual workers in (a business) with permanent employees
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- deduplicate — to remove (duplicated material) from a system
- defeudalize — to reverse the process of feudalization
- deglutinate — to extract the gluten from (a cereal, esp wheat)
- delta virus — a severe form of hepatitis caused by an incomplete virus (delta virus) that links to the hepatitis B virus for its replication.
- delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- demutualise — If a building society or insurance company demutualises, it abandons its mutual status and becomes a limited company.
- demutualize — If a savings and loan association or an insurance company demutualizes, it abandons its mutual status and becomes a different kind of company.
- denticulate — very finely toothed
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.
- derailleurs — Plural form of derailleur.
- desexualise — Alternative spelling of desexualize.
- desexualize — to deprive of sexual characteristics by the surgical removal of the testicles or ovaries; castrate or spay
- 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.
- devaluating — Present participle of devaluate.
- devaluation — a decrease in the exchange value of a currency against gold or other currencies, brought about by a government
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- dicephalous — having two heads
- die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- diffusional — Of or pertaining to diffusion.
- dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks
- diluvialism — the theory, generally abandoned in the mid-19th century, that the earth's surface was shaped by the biblical flood
- diluvialist — a person who believes in the theory of diluvialism
- disannuller — a person who disannuls
- disbursable — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- disculpated — Simple past tense and past participle of disculpate.
- discussable — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- disguisable — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- dismayfully — in a dismayful manner
- dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
- displeasure — dissatisfaction, disapproval, or annoyance.
- displuviate — (of the atrium of an ancient Roman house) having roofs sloping downward and outward from a central opening.
- disregulate — Misspelling of dysregulate.
- disruptable — Capable of being disrupted.
- dissimulate — to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.
- dissuadable — That can be dissuaded.
- distasteful — unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike: a distasteful chore.
- distractful — (archaic) distracting.
- diurnal arc — the portion of the diurnal circle that is above the horizon at a given point.
- diverticula — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- divulgation — to make publicly known; publish.
- divulgatory — to make publicly known; publish.
- douay bible — an English translation of the Bible, prepared by Roman Catholic scholars from the Vulgate. The New Testament was published at Rheims in 1582 and the Old Testament was published at Douai in 1609–10.
- double ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.