15-letter words containing d, e, m, a, n
- demagnetization — The process of removing the magnetic field from an object.
- demassification — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- dematerializing — Present participle of dematerialize.
- demi-vegetarian — a person who eats poultry and fish, but no red meat
- democratisation — Alternative spelling of democratization.
- democratization — The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
- demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
- demonstrational — the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence: a belief incapable of demonstration.
- demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demutualization — Demutualization is a situation in which a mutually owned company such as an insurance company changes into a public company that issues stock.
- demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
- demythification — the act of demythifying
- denormalization — to make normal.
- departmentalism — division into departments, esp when resulting in impaired efficiency
- departmentalize — to organize into departments, esp excessively
- desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
- determinability — the quality of being determinable
- determinateness — The state or quality of being determinate.
- deus ex machina — (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the plot
- deuteranomalous — having deuteranomaly; relating to deuteranomaly
- developmentally — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
- dexfenfluramine — an adrenergic drug, a form of fenfluramine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- diamine oxidase — an enzyme, occurring in the digestive system, that inactivates histamine by removal of its amino group
- 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
- dimethylaniline — a very toxic oily liquid used in industry to harden certain synthetic resins and as a solvent
- dimethylmethane — propane.
- diomede islands — two small islands in the Bering Strait, separated by the international date line and by the boundary line between the US and Russia
- diphenhydramine — a white, crystalline, antihistaminic compound, C 17 H 21 NO, used orally, topically, and parenterally, especially for allergies.
- disappointments — Plural form of disappointment.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- disembarrassing — Present participle of disembarrass.
- disentanglement — Removal of, or extrication from twists, tangles, complications or confusion.
- disentrancement — the act of setting free from a trance
- disintermediate — (business, banking, finance) To carry out disintermediation.
- distance medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards (402 meters), the second runs 880 yards (805 meters), the third runs 1320 yards (1207 meters), and the fourth runs 1760 yards (1609 meters).
- document reader — a device that reads and inputs into a computer marks and characters on a special form, as by optical or magnetic character recognition
- documentational — the use of documentary evidence.
- domain squatter — (web) An unscrupulous person who registers a domain name in the hope of selling it to the rightful, expected owner at a profit. E.g. http://foldoc.com/.
- domestic animal — an animal, as the horse or cat, that has been tamed and kept by humans as a work animal, food source, or pet, especially a member of those species that have, through selective breeding, become notably different from their wild ancestors.
- domitae naturae — (of animals) tamed or domesticated (distinguished from ferae naturae).
- doomsday weapon — any weapon of extreme lethal or destructive power; superweapon
- dumbbell nebula — the planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, which in photographs appears to have the shape of a dumbbell.
- dutchman's-pipe — a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe.
- early admission — a plan for admission to colleges in the US, in which students apply to colleges earlier in the year than is customary and receive their results earlier too
- east longmeadow — a city in SW Massachusetts.
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- edmund randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.