11-letter words containing d, e, s, t
- date mussel — any brown, date-sized marine mussel, genus Lithophaga, that bores into rock or coral.
- dauntlessly — In a dauntless manner.
- day of rest — the Sabbath; Sunday
- day student — a student at a college or secondary school who does not reside in a facility provided by the school
- de-escalate — to reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc)
- deacon seat — a bench running most of the length of a bunkhouse in a lumbering camp.
- deactivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deactivate.
- 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
- deaf-mutism — unable to hear and speak.
- deallocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deallocate.
- dean's list — a list of students achieving the highest grades, periodically issued at certain colleges
- 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 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.
- debilitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debilitate.
- debt crisis — a situation in which the large debts owed by a number of individuals, organizations or countries threaten to overwhelm them, so that they become unable to service their debts which, in turn, may threaten the stability of larger structures
- decapitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decapitate.
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- decathletes — Plural form of decathlete.
- decelerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decelerate.
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- deck tennis — a game played on board ship in which a quoit is tossed to and fro across a high net on a small court resembling a tennis court
- declarators — Plural form of declarator.
- declivities — a downward slope, as of ground (opposed to acclivity).
- declivitous — fairly steep
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- decomposite — a composite element that is itself composed of other elements
- decongested — Simple past tense and past participle of decongest.
- deconstruct — In philosophy and literary criticism, to deconstruct an idea or text means to show the contradictions in its meaning, and to show how it does not fully explain what it claims to explain.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decussating — Present participle of decussate.
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- dedications — Plural form of dedication.
- deductibles — Plural form of deductible.
- deep-seated — A deep-seated problem, feeling, or belief is difficult to change because its causes have been there for a long time.
- deerstalker — A deerstalker is an old-fashioned hat with parts at the sides which can be folded down to cover the ears. Deerstalkers are usually worn by men.
- deescalated — Simple past tense and past participle of deescalate.
- deescalates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deescalate.
- defamations — Plural form of defamation.
- defensative — a thing that offers protection or defence, esp a dressing, etc, that protects against infection or injury
- defiantness — the state or quality of being defiant
- defilements — Plural form of defilement.
- definitions — the formal statement of the meaning or significance of a word, phrase, idiom, etc., as found in dictionaries. An online dictionary resource, such as Dictionary.com, can give users direct, immediate access to the definitions of a term, allowing them to compare definitions from various dictionaries and stay up to date with an ever-expanding vocabulary.
- definitives — Plural form of definitive.
- deflagrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflagrate.
- deflections — Plural form of deflection.
- deforesting — Present participle of deforest.