15-letter words containing c, o, n, d, i, t
- decision theory — the study of strategies for decision-making under conditions of uncertainty in such a way as to maximize the expected utility
- decollate snail — a cone-shaped, burrowing snail, Rumina decollata, that feeds on common brown garden snails.
- decommunization — the act or process of decommunizing
- decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
- deconcentrating — Present participle of deconcentrate.
- deconcentration — the act of decentralizing or the state of becoming less concentrated in one area
- decontaminating — Present participle of decontaminate.
- decontamination — to make (an object or area) safe for unprotected personnel by removing, neutralizing, or destroying any harmful substance, as radioactive material or poisonous gas.
- decontextualise — Alternative spelling of decontextualize.
- decontextualize — to consider (something) in isolation from its usual context
- deflection yoke — an assembly of one or more coils through which a controlled current is passed to produce a magnetic field for deflecting a beam of electrons, as in a picture tube.
- delaying action — a measure or measures taken to gain time, as when weaker military forces harass the advance of a superior enemy without coming to a pitched battle
- delmonico steak — club steak
- delta reduction — (theory) In lambda-calculus extended with constants, delta reduction replaces a function applied to the required number of arguments (a redex) by a result. E.g. plus 2 3 --> 5. In contrast with beta reduction (the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus) the result is not formed simply by textual substitution of arguments into the body of a function. Instead, a delta redex is matched against the left hand side of all delta rules and is replaced by the right hand side of the (first) matching rule. There is notionally one delta rule for each possible combination of function and arguments. Where this implies an infinite number of rules, the result is usually defined by reference to some external system such as mathematical addition or the hardware operations of some computer. For other types, all rules can be given explicitly, for example Boolean negation: not True = False not False = True (1997-02-20)
- demassification — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- democratisation — Alternative spelling of democratization.
- democratization — The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
- demythification — the act of demythifying
- dendrochemistry — (chemistry) the science, related to dendrochronology, that uses the analysis of trace minerals in tree rings to study air pollution in past times.
- denitrification — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
- deposit account — A deposit account is a type of bank account where the money in it earns interest.
- derhotacization — A distortion in (or an Inability to pronounce) the sound of letter R, causing the R to be omitted as a consonant or changing /\u025d/ or /\u025a/ to /\u025c/,/\u0259/, or another vowel if a vocalic.
- desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
- descriptionless — Without a description.
- desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
- desocialization — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- despecification — The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
- detective novel — a novel in which a detective tries to solve a crime
- deuteronomistic — one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament.
- devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
- dezincification — removal of zinc.
- diamond cutting — the art or work of cutting and shaping rough diamonds to make them suitable for use by the jewellery trade
- dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
- dichotomisation — Alternative spelling of dichotomization.
- dichotomization — The act of dichotomizing or the thing dichotomized; classification.
- dichotomousness — the quality of being dichotomous
- dictation speed — a speed of speaking that enables someone to take down what is being said
- dictatorialness — The state or quality of being dictatorial.
- dideoxycytidine — The drug zalcitabine.
- direct coupling — conductive coupling between electronic circuits, as opposed to inductive or capacitative coupling
- direct question — interrogative sentence
- direct taxation — Direct taxation is a system in which a government raises money by means of direct taxes.
- direction angle — an angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
- disaffectionate — not affectionate
- disarticulation — The act of disarticulating.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disconfirmation — to prove to be invalid.
- disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.