12-letter words containing d, e, s, y
- decasyllable — a word or line of verse consisting of ten syllables
- decay series — a succession of elements initiated in the radioactive decay of a parent, as thorium or uranium, each of which decays into the next until a stable element, usually lead, is produced.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- degressively — in a degressive fashion
- delay screen — (in a cathode-ray tube) a sensitized screen with a phosphorescent coating that retains the image formed by the electron beam for an appreciable time.
- delusionally — In a delusional way.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystifying — Present participle of demystify.
- densitometry — Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- deny oneself — to do without desired things
- deoxymannose — rhamnose.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- depressively — In a depressive manner.
- descendingly — In a descending manner.
- desirability — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- despondently — feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- dicotyledons — Plural form of dicotyledon.
- dictyostelic — Of or possessing a dictyostele.
- diesel cycle — Machinery. a theoretical heat cycle for an engine in which combustion occurs at a constant pressure and cooling at a constant volume.
- digressively — In a digressive fashion.
- diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
- dillydallies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dillydally.
- dipsy-doodle — a quick dipping, sliding motion of the body, as made by ball carriers in football to evade tacklers.
- disagreeably — In a disagreeable manner.
- discerningly — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- discretively — in a discretive manner
- discursively — In a discursive manner.
- disembodying — Present participle of disembody.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disingenuity — (obsolete) disingenuousness.
- disjointedly — In a disjointed manner.
- dislocatedly — in a dislocated manner
- disloyalness — The state or quality of being disloyal.
- disloyalties — Plural form of disloyalty.
- dismayedness — the condition of being dismayed
- dismissively — indicating dismissal or rejection; having the purpose or effect of dismissing, as from one's presence or from consideration: a curt, dismissive gesture.
- disopyramide — a substance, C 21 H 29 N 3 O, used in its phosphate form in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias.
- disorderedly — In a disordered way; haphazardly, chaotically.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- disperse dye — any of the class of slightly water-soluble dyes dispersed in aqueous solution for dyeing synthetic textile fibers.
- dispiritedly — discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity