13-letter words containing d, e, i, c, s
- decommissions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decommission.
- decomposition — Decomposition is the process of decay that takes place when a living thing changes chemically after dying.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
- decompression — Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- deducibleness — The quality of being deducible.
- deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- defectiveness — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
- deficientness — the state or quality of being deficient
- delicatessens — Plural form of delicatessen.
- deliciousness — highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste or smell: a delicious dinner; a delicious aroma.
- delinquencies — Plural form of delinquency.
- deliquescence — the process of deliquescing
- demasculinise — Alternative spelling of demasculinize.
- demasculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- densification — the act of becoming or making more dense
- densitometric — Of or pertaining to densitometry.
- dental caries — cavity formation in teeth caused by bacteria that attach to teeth and form acids in the presence of sucrose, other sugars, and refined starches; tooth decay.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- denunciations — Plural form of denunciation.
- depoliticised — Simple past tense and past participle of depoliticise.
- depoliticizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depoliticize.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- desacralizing — Present participle of desacralize.
- descriptively — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- descriptivism — the theory that moral utterances have a truth value
- descriptivist — a writer, teacher, or supporter of descriptive grammar or descriptive linguistics.
- descriptivity — The quality or state of being descriptive.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- despicability — Despicableness.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- destructively — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
- destructivism — the theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole
- destructivist — a person who holds to the theory of destructivism
- desynchronize — Disturb the synchronization of; put out of step or phase.
- deterministic — Deterministic ideas or explanations are based on determinism.
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- diagnosticate — (archaic, transitive) To make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
- dialect atlas — linguistic atlas
- diazo process — a method for printing on paper treated with a diazo compound that disintegrates upon exposure to light and developing the unexposed areas by the use of diazo dyes.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dick size war — penis war
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- difficultness — The state or quality of being difficult.
- dimmer switch — A dimmer switch is an electrical switch which turns off the full beam of a headlamp and turns on the low beam.
- dimmer-switch — a person or thing that dims.
- dipleidoscope — an instrument that uses a telescope and a hollow prism to see when the sun crosses the meridian