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14-letter words containing a, t, e, n

  • deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
  • deconsecration — The opposite of consecration, to undo consecration. Desecration or defilement.
  • decontaminated — Simple past tense and past participle of decontaminate.
  • decontaminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decontaminate.
  • decontaminator — A device that decontaminates.
  • decoration day — Memorial Day
  • decoration-day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
  • decorativeness — The condition of being decorative.
  • decrementation — The act or process of decrementing.
  • dedicated line — (communications)   A telephone line leased expressly for the purpose of connecting two users more-or-less permenantly.. Such lines may be "voice grade" which provides the bandwidth and signal to noise ratio of ordinary public switched telephone network circuits, or specified in ways which allow transport of suitably encoded digital signals at faster rates. In some cases, lines may be physical wires between the communicating parties. Over longer distances, it is common for the connection to be virtual, which means that although the two users can communicate only with each other, their signals and others are multiplexed, amplified, switched, scrambled, demultiplexed and so on in complex ways between the end points. This contrasts with a dial-up connection which is only opened when one end requires it.
  • default option — the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered
  • defeminization — (in a developing organism) the process in which full development into a female of the species is prevented because of a male developmental characteristic
  • defenestrating — Present participle of defenestrate.
  • defenestration — the act of throwing someone out of a window
  • defibrillating — Present participle of defibrillate.
  • defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
  • definitionally — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
  • deflocculation — to reduce from a flocculent state by dispersing the flocculated particles.
  • degenerateness — The state or quality of being degenerate.
  • dehabilitation — (sociology) The process of social estrangement and progressive loosening of social bonds between an individual and his family and society as a result of long-term residence in an institution.
  • dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
  • dehumanization — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
  • dehydrogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenate.
  • dehydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate.
  • deindividuated — Simple past tense and past participle of deindividuate.
  • deinstallation — The process of deinstalling.
  • delayed action — A delayed action mechanism causes a delay on the device it is fitted to, so that it does not work as soon as you switch it on or operate it.
  • delayed-action — (of an explosive projectile) exploding some time after hitting the target.
  • delectableness — The state or quality of being delectable.
  • delegitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
  • delocalization — to remove from the proper or usual locality.
  • delta function — a generalized function having the value 0 except at 0, the value infinity at 0, and an integral from minus infinity to plus infinity of 1, used in thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.
  • demand deposit — a bank deposit from which withdrawals may be made without notice
  • demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
  • demilitarizing — Present participle of demilitarize.
  • demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
  • demobilization — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
  • demonetization — to divest (a monetary standard or the like) of value.
  • demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
  • demonstrations — Plural form of demonstration.
  • demonstratives — Plural form of demonstrative.
  • demoralisation — Alternative spelling of demoralization.
  • demoralization — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
  • denationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of denationalise.
  • denationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denationalize.
  • denazification — The process of bringing the leaders of the National Socialist regime in Germany to justice and of purging all elements of Nazism from public life, carried out especially between 1945 and 1948.
  • denitrificator — an apparatus which is used in denitrification, particularly in sulphuric acid works
  • denmark strait — a channel between SE Greenland and Iceland, linking the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic
  • denominational — Denominational means relating to or organized by a particular religious denomination.
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