10-letter words containing d, e, n, a
- dessalines — Jean-Jacques (ʒɑ̃ ʒɑk). ?1758–1806, emperor of Haiti (1804–06) after driving out the French; assassinated
- dessiatina — A Russian measure of land, roughly 1.1 hectares.
- dessiatine — a Russian unit of area equal to approximately 2.7 acres or 10 800 square metres
- dessyatine — a Russian measure of land, equivalent to 2.7 acres
- detachment — Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
- detail man — a salesman for a pharmaceutical firm who visits doctors, dentists, etc. in a certain district to promote new drugs
- detainable — to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detainment — to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detangling — Present participle of detangle.
- detonating — Present participle of detonate.
- detonation — A detonation is a large or powerful explosion.
- detonative — (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously.
- detonators — Plural form of detonator.
- detracting — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detraining — to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- detruncate — to cut off a part of; truncate
- deurbanize — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- devanagari — a syllabic script in which Sanskrit, Hindi, and other modern languages of India are written
- deviations — Plural form of deviation.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.
- dewatering — the act of removing water
- dextranase — an enzyme which breaks down dextran, and is therefore useful for, among other things, preventing tooth decay
- dextrinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a dextrin.
- di stéfano — Alfredo (ɑlˈfredo). 1926–2014, Argentinian-born football player, who played for Argentina, Colombia, Spain, and Real Madrid
- diaconates — Plural form of diaconate.
- diagenesis — the sum of the physical, chemical, and biological changes that take place in sediments as they become consolidated into rocks, including compaction and cementation, but excluding weathering and metamorphic changes
- diagenetic — the physical and chemical changes occurring in sediments between the times of deposition and solidification.
- diakinesis — the final stage of the prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosomes start to separate after crossing over
- dialled in — exhibiting total concentration on and mastery of the task in hand
- diamantane — (chemistry) A diamondoid consisting of two face-fused cages.
- diamantine — of or resembling diamonds
- diamondize — (transitive) To set with diamonds; to adorn or enrich.
- dianthuses — Plural form of dianthus.
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- dickensian — of Charles Dickens or his works
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- didanosine — 2',3'-dideoxyinosine, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor effective against HIV.
- didelphian — of or relating to an animal in the Didelphia subclass of mammals
- dieticians — Plural form of dietician.
- dietitians — Plural form of dietitian.
- dilettante — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- dilettanti — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- dinanderie — fine cast metalwork objects, esp of bronze, made in the Belgian city of Dinant from the late Middle Ages, or other later metalwork in this style
- dinnerware — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
- diocletian — (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) a.d. 245–316, Illyrian soldier: emperor of Rome 284–305.
- diphenamid — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 16 H 17 ON, used to control weed growth on lawns and various croplands.
- disadvance — to stop or cause to stop advancing
- disamenity — The unpleasant quality or character of something.