13-letter words containing d, a, o
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- dephlegmation — the act of dephlegmating
- deployability — Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
- deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- deprotonation — (chemistry) The removal of a proton (hydrogen ion) from a molecule to form a conjugate base.
- derealisation — Alternative form of derealization.
- derealization — a symptom of various psychological and medical conditions, as well as a side-effect of certain treatments and drugs, whereby the world around one seems less real
- derivationist — a person who believes that it is possible to derive knowledge of what is good for humans from a metaphysical study of humans themselves
- dermatography — a treatise or writing concerning the skin
- dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
- dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
- dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- dermatotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- deromanticize — to remove the romantic, ideal, or heroic aura from.
- desegregation — the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.
- desertization — the processes by which an area becomes a desert.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desublimation — (physics) deposition (transformation of gas into solid without an intermediate liquid phase).
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- deteriorating — Become progressively worse.
- deterioration — the act or process of deteriorating.
- deteriorative — tending to deteriorate
- determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
- determinators — determiner (def 1).
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- deuteranomaly — a milder form of deuteranopia; partial deuteranopia
- developmental — Developmental means relating to the development of someone or something.
- devirgination — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- devotionalist — a devotee
- dexamethasone — a type of powerful steroid, used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant
- dextrocardiac — a person whose heart is on the right side of his or her chest
- diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
- diacatholicon — an all-purpose remedy
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
- 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 coach — a person whose job is to train actors to speak in the authentic accent and manner of a particular area
- 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.
- dialling tone — The dialling tone is the noise which you hear when you pick up a telephone receiver and which means that you can dial the number you want.
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- diamond drill — a diamond-tipped drill
- diamond point — a diamond-tipped engraving tool
- diamond snake — a python, Morelia argus, of Australia and New Guinea, with yellow diamond-shaped markings
- diamond state — Delaware (used as a nickname).