12-letter words containing c, i, s, e
- decapitalise — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decasyllabic — having ten syllables: a decasyllabic verse.
- decay series — a succession of elements initiated in the radioactive decay of a parent, as thorium or uranium, each of which decays into the next until a stable element, usually lead, is produced.
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decisiveness — having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy; crucial or most important: Your argument was the decisive one.
- declamations — Plural form of declamation.
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declassified — to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc. Compare classification (def 5).
- declassifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declassify.
- declensional — of declension
- declinations — Plural form of declination.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decommission — When something such as a nuclear reactor or a large machine is decommissioned, it is taken to pieces because it is no longer going to be used.
- decongesting — Present participle of decongest.
- decongestion — the act of decongesting
- decongestive — having the ability to ease crowding or clogging in busy locations
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- deescalating — Present participle of deescalate.
- defectionist — a person who is in favour of lapsing, backsliding, or defection
- deficiencies — the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.
- degeneracies — Plural form of degeneracy.
- delicateness — fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
- delicatessen — A delicatessen is a shop that sells high quality foods such as cheeses and cold meats that have been imported from other countries.
- deliquescent — the act or process of deliquescing.
- deliquescing — Present participle of deliquesce.
- delitescence — the sudden disappearance of a lesion or of the signs and symptoms of a disease
- deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
- democratised — Simple past tense and past participle of democratise.
- democratiser — one who democratises
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- dependancies — Plural form of dependancy.
- dependencies — the state of being dependent; dependence.
- depoliticise — Alternative spelling of depoliticize.
- deradicalise — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
- derelictions — Plural form of dereliction.
- derestricted — (of a road or stretch of road) with no speed limits at all
- desacralized — Simple past tense and past participle of desacralize.
- desacralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desacralize.
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- descamisados — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- descendingly — In a descending manner.
- descensional — relating to descension
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.