13-letter words containing c, d
- depoliticizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depoliticize.
- deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- derived curve — a curve whose equation is the derivative of the equation of a given curve.
- dermatotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- deromanticize — to remove the romantic, ideal, or heroic aura from.
- desacralizing — Present participle of desacralize.
- descriptively — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- descriptivism — the theory that moral utterances have a truth value
- descriptivist — a writer, teacher, or supporter of descriptive grammar or descriptive linguistics.
- descriptivity — The quality or state of being descriptive.
- desert cooler — (in India) a cooling device in which air is driven by an electric fan through wet grass
- desert locust — a migratory locust, Schistocerca gregaria, of North Africa and Asia, associated with the plagues described in the Old Testament.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- desk calendar — a loose-leaf calendar containing one or two pages for each day, with spaces for notes.
- despicability — Despicableness.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- destructively — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
- destructivism — the theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole
- destructivist — a person who holds to the theory of destructivism
- desynchronize — Disturb the synchronization of; put out of step or phase.
- detachability — The quality of being detachable.
- detectability — the quality of being detectable
- detectivelike — Resembling a detective or some aspect of one.
- deterministic — Deterministic ideas or explanations are based on determinism.
- deuteromycete — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- deutocerebrum — (zoology) The median lobes of the brain of an insect.
- deutsche mark — the former basic monetary unit of Germany, superseded in 2002 by the euro
- device driver — (operating system) Software to control a hardware component or peripheral device of a computer such as a magnetic disk, magnetic tape or printer. A device driver is responsible for accessing the hardware registers of the device and often includes an interrupt handler to service interrupts generated by the device. Device drivers often form part of the lowest level of the operating system kernel, with which they are linked when the kernel is built. Some more recent systems have loadable device drivers which can be installed from files after the operating system is running.
- dextrocardiac — a person whose heart is on the right side of his or her chest
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- diacatholicon — an all-purpose remedy
- diacetic acid — acetoacetic acid.
- diagnosticate — (archaic, transitive) To make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
- diagnostician — a specialist or expert in making diagnoses
- dialect atlas — linguistic atlas
- dialect coach — a person whose job is to train actors to speak in the authentic accent and manner of a particular area
- dialectically — of, relating to, or of the nature of logical argumentation.
- dialling code — A dialling code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before a particular telephone number if you are making a call to that place from a different area.
- diametrically — If you say that two things are diametrically opposed, you are emphasizing that they are completely different from each other.
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- diaphragmatic — of the diaphragm.
- diazo process — a method for printing on paper treated with a diazo compound that disintegrates upon exposure to light and developing the unexposed areas by the use of diazo dyes.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dichotomising — Present participle of dichotomise.
- dichotomistic — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomizing — Present participle of dichotomize.