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14-letter words containing d, e, t, c, i

  • delayed-action — (of an explosive projectile) exploding some time after hitting the target.
  • delocalization — to remove from the proper or usual locality.
  • delta function — a generalized function having the value 0 except at 0, the value infinity at 0, and an integral from minus infinity to plus infinity of 1, used in thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.
  • delta particle — a very short-lived hyperon
  • democratically — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • denazification — The process of bringing the leaders of the National Socialist regime in Germany to justice and of purging all elements of Nazism from public life, carried out especially between 1945 and 1948.
  • dendritic cell — a branching cell of the lymph nodes, blood, and spleen that functions as a network trapping foreign protein.
  • denitrificator — an apparatus which is used in denitrification, particularly in sulphuric acid works
  • dennis ritchie — (person)   Dennis M. Ritchie, co-author of the Unix operating system, inventor of the C programming language and demigod. See also K&R, Core War, If you want X, you know where to find it.
  • depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
  • depoliticizing — Present participle of depoliticize.
  • depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • dermatographic — relating to dermatography
  • dermatological — the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases.
  • dermatomycosis — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
  • describability — The quality of being describable.
  • despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
  • destructionist — a person who believes in destruction, esp of social institutions
  • detective work — If you do some detective work, you do something to find out more about a subject or situation that puzzles you.
  • detective-like — like a detective; having characteristics of a detective
  • detention camp — a compound where prisoners are detained temporarily, as pending determination of their legal status under immigration laws.
  • detoxification — Detoxification is treatment given to people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol in order to stop them from being addicted.
  • device control — (character)   One of the four ASCII characters, DC1, DC2, DC3, and DC4, once used to remotely control equipment (e.g. a paper tape reader) via electromagnetic switches. The characters were usually paired, DC1/DC3 turning one device on/off, and DC2/DC4 another.
  • diagenetically — in a diagenetic way
  • diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
  • dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
  • dialectologist — a specialist in dialectology.
  • diastereomeric — having the properties of or pertaining to a diastereoisomer
  • dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
  • dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
  • dies committee — an early, informal name for the House Un-American Activities Committee.
  • diffractometer — an instrument that is used to study atomic crystal structure by measuring the angles at which x-rays, neutrons, or electrons are diffracted by matter.
  • diffractometry — The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction.
  • digital camera — a camera that records images in digital form by means of a device that converts the optical image to an electrical signal.
  • dining kitchen — a room where meals are eaten and prepared
  • dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
  • direct address — Grammar. the use of a term or name for the person spoken to, as in securing the attention of that person; use of a vocative form.
  • direct current — Electricity. an electric current of constant direction, having a magnitude that does not vary or varies only slightly. Abbreviation: dc.
  • direct deposit — a plan in which salaries or other payments are transferred by the paying agency directly to the accounts of the recipients.
  • direct insurer — A direct insurer is an insurance company that sells its policies directly to customers without using intermediaries.
  • direct primary — a primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote.
  • direct product — a group, or other such system, every element of which can be written uniquely as the product of elements of disjoint groups, with each group contributing one element to the product.
  • direct-examine — to subject to direct examination. Compare cross-examine (def 2).
  • direct-reading — (of an instrument) calibrated so that a given quantity to be measured can be read directly off the scale without the need of a multiplying constant
  • directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
  • directed graph — (digraph) A graph with one-way edges. See also directed acyclic graph.
  • directionality — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
  • director's cut — an edited version of a movie that has not been altered by a studio and over which its director has complete artistic control.
  • disaccommodate — to inconvenience (a person)
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