11-letter words containing d, i, a, p, e
- credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
- crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- cyclopaedia — (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
- dampishness — the quality of being dampish
- day-tripper — A day-tripper is someone who goes on a day trip.
- de-emphasis — a reduction in emphasis: There has been de-emphasis on athletic activities at the school.
- deadpanning — Present participle of deadpan.
- dealerships — Plural form of dealership.
- decapitated — With the head removed.
- decapitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decapitate.
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- decrepitate — to heat (a substance, such as a salt) until it emits a crackling sound or until this sound stops
- deduplicate — to remove (duplicated material) from a system
- deemphasize — to place less emphasis upon; reduce in importance, size, scope, etc.: The university de-emphasized intercollegiate football.
- delapidated — Misspelling of dilapidated.
- delipidated — Simple past tense and past participle of delipidate.
- delphically — in an ambiguous manner; obscurely
- demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
- dental lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- depasturing — Present participle of depasture.
- depauperize — to make (a person) poor
- deploration — the act of deploring
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.
- depolarized — Simple past tense and past participle of depolarize.
- depolarizer — a substance added to the electrolyte of an electric cell or battery to remove gas collected at the electrodes.
- deportation — the act of expelling an alien from a country; expulsion
- depravation — to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
- depravingly — in a depraving manner
- depravities — Plural form of depravity.
- deprecating — A deprecating attitude, gesture, or remark shows that you think that something is not very good, especially something associated with yourself.
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecative — serving to deprecate; deprecatory.
- depreciable — able to be depreciated for tax deduction
- depreciated — Simple past tense and past participle of depreciate; reduced in value over time.
- depreciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depreciate.
- depreciator — One who depreciates.
- depredation — The depredations of a person, animal, or force are their harmful actions, which usually involve taking or damaging something.
- deprivation — If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
- deprivative — of, relating to, or causing deprivation
- deprivatize — (transitive) To strip the privacy from; to make public.
- deputations — Plural form of deputation.
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- des plaines — city in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 59,000
- desipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant drug
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups