11-letter words containing d, g, l
- decade-long — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- deceivingly — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
- deckle edge — the rough edge of handmade paper, caused by pulp seeping between the mould and the deckle: often left as ornamentation in fine books and writing papers
- declutching — Present participle of declutch.
- decollating — Present participle of decollate.
- decolletage — the low-cut neckline of a woman's garment
- defalcating — Present participle of defalcate.
- defatigable — (very, rare) Easily tired or wearied; capable of being fatigued.
- deflagrable — having the ability to burst into flames quickly
- deflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of deflagrate.
- deflagrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflagrate.
- deflagrator — a piece of equipment for bringing about deflagration
- deflowering — Present participle of deflower.
- defoliating — Present participle of defoliate.
- deglaciated — having had glaciation removed
- deglamorize — to make (a person or thing) less glamorous
- deglutinate — to extract the gluten from (a cereal, esp wheat)
- deglutition — the act of swallowing
- deglutitory — of or relating to swallowing
- degradingly — that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission.
- degranulate — (of a cell) lose or release granules of a substance, typically as part of an immune reaction.
- degree mill — an academic institution with low standards that awards many degrees
- degringoler — to descend rapidly
- delagoa bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean, in S Mozambique
- delegations — Plural form of delegation.
- deleveraged — Simple past tense and past participle of deleverage.
- delightable — (obsolete) Delightful.
- delightedly — highly pleased.
- delightfull — Archaic form of delightful.
- delightless — not offering delight
- delightsome — highly pleasing; delightful.
- delineating — to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
- delustering — a chemical process for reducing the luster of rayon yarns by adding a finely divided pigment to the spinning solution.
- demagogical — Demagogic.
- demandingly — In a demanding way.
- demeaningly — In a demeaning manner.
- demolishing — Present participle of demolish.
- dendroglyph — the art of carving in the bark of a living tree, esp as practised by the aboriginal peoples of New Zealand
- dependingly — As having dependence.
- dephlegmate — to remove watery substances from (acids or spirits) in order to purify
- deploringly — In a deploring manner.
- depravingly — in a depraving manner
- deregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of deregulate.
- deregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deregulate.
- dermatology — the branch of medicine concerned with the skin and its diseases
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- deservingly — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- deshielding — (physics, chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is strengthened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei.
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- despisingly — in a despising manner; contemptuously