11-letter words containing d, a, i
- dative-bond — a type of covalent bond between two atoms in which the bonding electrons are supplied by one of the two atoms.
- dawn raider — a person or company that mounts a dawn raid
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- day jasmine — a West Indian shrub, Cestrum diurnum, of the nightshade family, having clusters of white flowers that are very fragrant by day.
- day trading — the practice of buying and selling shares on the same day, often via the internet, in order to make a quick profit
- day-tripper — A day-tripper is someone who goes on a day trip.
- daydreaming — indulgence in daydreams
- de beauvoir — Simone (simɔn). 1908–86, French existentialist novelist and feminist, whose works include Le Sang des autres (1944), Le Deuxième Sexe (1949), and Les Mandarins (1954)
- de-emphasis — a reduction in emphasis: There has been de-emphasis on athletic activities at the school.
- deaccession — to sell (a work of art) from a museum's or gallery's collections, especially with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works.
- deacidified — Simple past tense and past participle of deacidify.
- deactivated — Simple past tense and past participle of deactivate.
- deactivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deactivate.
- deactivator — Any device used to deactivate something.
- dead firing — firing of a furnace or boiler at less than normal operating temperature in order to maintain conditions desirable during a period of idleness.
- dead ringer — a person or thing that closely resembles another; ringer: That old car is a dead ringer for the one we used to own.
- dead weight — A dead weight is a load which is surprisingly heavy and difficult to lift.
- deadeningly — in a deadening manner
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- deadly sins — the sins of pride, covetousness, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, and sloth
- deadpanning — Present participle of deadpan.
- deaf-mutism — unable to hear and speak.
- deafeningly — to make deaf: The accident deafened him for life.
- dealerships — Plural form of dealership.
- dealing box — a box that holds a deck or decks of cards, allowing them to be dealt only one at a time, often used in casino games such as blackjack or chemin de fer.
- deamidating — Present participle of deamidate.
- deamidation — (biochemistry) The conversion of glutamine, asparagine, glutamine residues in a polypeptide to glutamic acid or aspartic acid by treatment with strong acid, transamidase or deamidase.
- deamination — to remove the amino group from (a compound).
- dean's list — a list of students achieving the highest grades, periodically issued at certain colleges
- death chair — electric chair.
- deathliness — The state or quality of being deathly.
- deattribute — to withdraw the initial ascription of (a work of art)
- deauthorize — to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
- debarkation — Disembarkation.
- debilitated — in a severely weakened state
- debilitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debilitate.
- decalcified — (of rock or bone) containing a reduced quantity of calcium salts.
- decalcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decalcify.
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- decanedioic — designating a type of acid
- decantation — the act of decanting a liquid
- decapitated — With the head removed.
- decapitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decapitate.
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
- decarburize — decarbonize
- decartelize — to break up (a cartel)
- decasualize — to replace the casual workers in (a business) with permanent employees
- decemvirate — a board of decemvirs
- decennaries — Plural form of decennary.