10-letter words containing d, i, e, l
- detailedly — in a detailed manner
- detainable — to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detangling — Present participle of detangle.
- detectible — to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
- devalorize — Devalue.
- developing — If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
- devil book — (publication) "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1). The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).
- devil of a — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- devil tree — jelutong (def 3).
- devilishly — of, like, or befitting a devil; diabolical; fiendish.
- deviltries — Plural form of deviltry.
- devilwoods — Plural form of devilwood.
- devitalize — to lower or destroy the vitality of; make weak or lifeless
- devocalize — devoice.
- devolution — Devolution is the transfer of some authority or power from a central organization or government to smaller organizations or government departments.
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.
- dextrality — the state or quality of having the right side or its parts or members different from and, usually, more efficient than the left side or its parts or members; right-handedness.
- diabetical — relating to diabetes
- diabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of diabolize.
- dial gauge — measuring instrument
- dialectics — the study of reasoning or of argumentative methodology
- dialled in — exhibiting total concentration on and mastery of the task in hand
- dialogized — Simple past tense and past participle of dialogize.
- dialyzable — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- diaphyseal — the shaft of a long bone.
- diarrhoeal — Standard spelling of diarrheal.
- diathermal — of or relating to diathermy
- dichloride — a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dickcissel — a small North American bird (Spiza americana), the male of which has a yellow breast, a black patch on its throat, and a mainly grey head
- didelphian — of or relating to an animal in the Didelphia subclass of mammals
- dielectric — a nonconducting substance; insulator.
- dienophile — (organic chemistry) A compound that readily reacts with a diene; especially an alkene in the Diels-Alder reaction.
- diesel oil — a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.
- dieselling — (in a combustion engine) a fault or malfunction in which the engine continues to run after the ignition has been switched off
- dieselpunk — A postmodern genre of art as well as a budding subculture that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through World War II and ending circa 1950s (a range of time often referred to as the \u201cdiesel era\u201d by the dieselpunk community) with contemporary creations.
- dietetical — Dated form of dietetic.
- diethylene — (organic chemistry, in combination) Two ethylene groups in a molecule.
- diffluence — the act of flowing off or away.
- diffusedly — in a diffused manner
- diffusible — capable of being diffused.
- difluoride — (chemistry) any chloride containing two fluorine atoms in each molecule.
- digestable — (obsolete, or, nonstandard) alt form digestible.
- digestedly — in a digested manner
- digestible — capable of being digested; readily digested.
- digitalise — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digitalize — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digladiate — to contend or fight
- dilacerate — to tear apart or to pieces.
- dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.