10-letter words containing d, e, l, o
- demolition — The demolition of a building is the act of deliberately destroying it, often in order to build something else in its place.
- demoniacal — of, relating to, or like a demon; demonic: demoniac laughter.
- demonology — Demonology is a set of beliefs which says that a particular situation or group of people is evil or unacceptable.
- demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- demothball — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- dendroidal — Dendroid; resembling a shrub or tree.
- dendrology — the branch of botany that is concerned with the natural history of trees and shrubs
- deontology — the branch of ethics dealing with duty, moral obligation, and moral commitment
- deoppilate — to remove obstructions (from)
- depilation — to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- depletions — Plural form of depletion.
- deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- deplorably — causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend.
- deployable — able to be deployed
- deployment — The deployment of troops, resources, or equipment is the organization and positioning of them so that they are ready for quick action.
- depolarize — to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization
- depopulate — To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.
- deportable — liable to deportation
- derisorily — In a derisory manner.
- dermatomal — Anatomy. an area of skin that is supplied with the nerve fibers of a single, posterior, spinal root.
- deschooled — Simple past tense and past participle of deschool.
- deschooler — an advocate of deschooling
- desirously — With desire; eagerly.
- desmosomal — of or relating to desmosomes
- desmoulins — (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoît) (kamij). 1760–94, French revolutionary leader, pamphleteer, and orator
- desolately — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- desolating — Present participle of desolate.
- desolation — Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
- desolatory — tending to cause desolation
- despoilers — Plural form of despoiler.
- despoiling — plundering by force
- despotical — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- deutoplasm — nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum
- devalorize — Devalue.
- developers — Plural form of developer.
- developing — If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
- devil book — (publication) "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1). The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).
- devil of a — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- devilwoods — Plural form of devilwood.
- devocalize — devoice.
- devolution — Devolution is the transfer of some authority or power from a central organization or government to smaller organizations or government departments.
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.
- dextrously — Alternative form of dexterously.
- diabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of diabolize.
- dialogized — Simple past tense and past participle of dialogize.
- diarrhoeal — Standard spelling of diarrheal.
- dichloride — a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.