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11-letter words containing d, a, t, e

  • de la renta — Oscar, 1932–2014, U.S. fashion designer, born in the Dominican Republic.
  • de-escalate — to reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc)
  • deacetylate — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
  • deacon seat — a bench running most of the length of a bunkhouse in a lumbering camp.
  • 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 center — the position of maximum (top dead center) or minimum (bottom dead center) extension of a crank and a connecting rod, in which both are in the same straight line
  • dead centre — the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
  • dead letter — If you say that a law or agreement is a dead letter, you mean that it still exists but people ignore it.
  • dead matter — type that has already been used or is not going to be used
  • dead nettle — any of various plants belonging to the genus Lamium, of the mint family, native to the Old World, having opposite leaves and clusters of small reddish or white flowers.
  • dead weight — A dead weight is a load which is surprisingly heavy and difficult to lift.
  • dead-nettle — any Eurasian plant of the genus Lamium, such as L. alba (white dead-nettle), having leaves resembling nettles but lacking stinging hairs: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
  • dead-smooth — noting a double-cut metal file having the minimum commercial grade of coarseness.
  • dead-stroke — relating to a stroke made that has no kickback or reverberation
  • deadenylate — (biochemistry, genetics) To remove an adenylate group from a protein; especially to activate an enzyme by this means.
  • deaf-mutism — unable to hear and speak.
  • deallocated — Simple past tense and past participle of deallocate.
  • deallocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deallocate.
  • deallocator — One who, or that which, deallocates.
  • 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
  • dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
  • death adder — a venomous Australian elapid snake, Acanthophis antarcticus, resembling an adder
  • death angel — Azrael.
  • death chair — electric chair.
  • death grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a grant payable to a relative, executor, etc, after the death of a person
  • death house — the section of a prison containing an execution chamber and the cells in which persons condemned to die are housed in the days just before their execution
  • death knell — something that heralds death or destruction
  • death march — a long-distance forced march, usually undertaken by prisoners, on which a lot of the marchers die
  • death metal — a type of heavy-metal music characterized by extreme speed and lyrics dealing with violence, satanism, etc
  • death squad — Death squads are groups of people who operate illegally and carry out the killing of people such as their political opponents or criminals.
  • death taxes — Death taxes were a tax which had to be paid on the money and property of someone who had died. This tax is now called inheritance tax.
  • deathlessly — In a deathless manner.
  • 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.
  • debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
  • debilitated — in a severely weakened state
  • debilitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debilitate.
  • debut album — the first album produced by a particular singer or band
  • decahydrate — a hydrate that contains ten molecules of water, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
  • 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.
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