11-letter words containing c, d, i
- deracinated — to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
- deracinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deracinate Pulls up by the roots.
- derecognise — Alternative spelling of derecognize.
- derecognize — to cease to recognize (a trade union) as having special negotiating rights within a company or industry
- dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dernier cri — the latest fashion; the last word
- derrickhand — A derrickhand is a member of the drilling crew who works on a platform above the rig floor and handles the drillpipe.
- desacralize — to render less sacred; to secularize
- descamisado — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- descendible — capable of being inherited
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- descloizite — a mineral, lead zinc vanadate.
- describable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- descriptive — Descriptive language or writing indicates what someone or something is like.
- descriptors — Plural form of descriptor.
- desecrating — Present participle of desecrate.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- desiccating — Present participle of desiccate.
- desiccation — Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
- desiccative — Causing to desiccate, dry.
- desk copier — a photocopier compact enough to fit on a desk, table, or similar surface.
- desmodromic — (of mechanisms, almost exclusively of valves) that are controlled in both directions of their movement. A desmodromic valve is one which is actively both opened and closed by a mechanism rather than by a spring
- desocialize — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- dessication — Misspelling of desiccation.
- destructing — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
- detectivist — a person who holds the philosophical theory of detectivism
- detectorist — a person whose hobby is using a metal detector
- determinacy — the quality of being defined or fixed
- detoxicated — Simple past tense and past participle of detoxicate.
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- deuces wild — a variety or method of playing certain poker and other games in which a deuce represents any suit or denomination that the holder chooses: We're playing five-card stud, deuces wild.
- devocalized — Simple past tense and past participle of devocalize.
- dexiocardia — dextrocardia.
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right
- 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
- diacritical — of or relating to a diacritic
- diagnostics — the art or practice of diagnosis, esp of diseases
- dialectally — in a dialectal manner
- dialectical — In philosophy, Dialectical is used to describe situations, theories, and methods which depend on resolving opposing factors.
- dialkylzinc — (organic chemistry) Any organometallic compound of zinc containing two alkyl groups.
- dialogistic — a speaker in a dialogue.
- diamagnetic — of, exhibiting, or concerned with diamagnetism
- diametrical — of or along a diameter