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15-letter words containing d, a, n, i

  • deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • 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
  • descaling agent — something intended for use removing limescale from something such as a tap, kettle or coffee machine.
  • describableness — The quality of being describable.
  • desensitisation — The act or process of desensitising, of dulling or reducing sensation.
  • desensitization — the act or process of desensitizing.
  • deserialization — The act or process of deserializing.
  • desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
  • desexualization — The act or process of desexualizing.
  • designated area — specified
  • desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
  • desocialization — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
  • despecification — The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
  • destabilisation — Alternative spelling of destabilization.
  • destabilization — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
  • desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
  • detached retina — a retina that is separated from the choroid layer of the eyeball to which it is normally attached, resulting in loss of vision in the affected part
  • determinability — the quality of being determinable
  • determinateness — The state or quality of being determinate.
  • detribalisation — Alternative form of detribalization.
  • detribalization — to cause to lose tribal allegiances and customs, chiefly through contact with another culture.
  • deus ex machina — (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the plot
  • developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
  • developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
  • devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
  • dexfenfluramine — an adrenergic drug, a form of fenfluramine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
  • dextrosinistral — left-handed, but having the right hand trained for writing.
  • dezincification — removal of zinc.
  • diadochokinesia — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
  • diadochokinesis — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
  • diagonal matrix — a square matrix in which all the entries except those along the diagonal from upper left to lower right are zero.
  • diagonalisation — (UK) In matrix algebra, the process of converting a square matrix into a diagonal matrix, usually to find the eigenvalues of the matrix.
  • diagonalization — (in linear algebra) the process of diagonalizing
  • diamine oxidase — an enzyme, occurring in the digestive system, that inactivates histamine by removal of its amino group
  • diamond cutting — the art or work of cutting and shaping rough diamonds to make them suitable for use by the jewellery trade
  • diamond jubilee — A diamond jubilee is the sixtieth anniversary of an important event.
  • diamond wedding — the 60th, or occasionally the 75th, anniversary of a marriage
  • 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.
  • dictation speed — a speed of speaking that enables someone to take down what is being said
  • dictatorialness — The state or quality of being dictatorial.
  • die standing up — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
  • differentiating — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
  • differentiation — Biology. the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to specialized kinds, during development.
  • differentiative — That differentiates, or causes differentiation.
  • differentiators — Plural form of differentiator.
  • diffrangibility — the power or capability of being diffracted
  • digestive gland — any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract, as the salivary glands, liver, and pancreas.
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