15-letter words containing d, i, e, s
- decubitus ulcer — a chronic ulcer of the skin and underlying tissues caused by prolonged pressure on the body surface of bedridden patients
- deep-sea diving — the activity of diving and exploring in the deep parts of the sea
- defect analysis — (programming) Using defects as data for continuous quality improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts.
- definite clause — (logic) A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- definitive host — the organism on or in which a parasite lives in the adult stage
- degenerationist — a person who believes in the evolutionary decline of a species
- deindustrialise — Alternative spelling of deindustrialize.
- deindustrialize — to reduce the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of (a nation or area)
- deleteriousness — The quality of being deleterious.
- delivery system — any means or process for conveying a product or service to a recipient.
- delmonico steak — club steak
- delta hepatitis — a severe form of hepatitis caused by an incomplete virus (delta virus) that links to the hepatitis B virus for its replication.
- demagnetisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of demagnetization.
- demassification — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- demisemiquavers — Plural form of demisemiquaver.
- democratisation — Alternative spelling of democratization.
- demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
- demonstrational — the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence: a belief incapable of demonstration.
- demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
- dendrochemistry — (chemistry) the science, related to dendrochronology, that uses the analysis of trace minerals in tree rings to study air pollution in past times.
- density current — a turbid, dense current of sediments in suspension moving along the slope and bottom of a lake or ocean.
- deoch-an-doruis — a parting drink or stirrup cup
- departmentalism — division into departments, esp when resulting in impaired efficiency
- depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
- dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
- deposit account — A deposit account is a type of bank account where the money in it earns interest.
- deputy minister — (in Canada) the senior civil servant in a government department
- derequisitioned — Simple past tense and past participle of derequisition.
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- dermatographism — a condition in which touching or lightly scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks.
- dermatomyositis — a chronic medical condition characterized by inflammation of muscles (myositis), accompanied by a skin rash
- dermatophytosis — a fungal infection of the skin, esp the feet
- desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
- descaling agent — something intended for use removing limescale from something such as a tap, kettle or coffee machine.
- descending node — the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the south (opposed to ascending node).
- describableness — The quality of being describable.
- descriptionless — Without a description.
- descriptiveness — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- desensitisation — The act or process of desensitising, of dulling or reducing sensation.
- desensitization — the act or process of desensitizing.
- deserialization — The act or process of deserializing.
- desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
- desexualization — The act or process of desexualizing.
- design recovery — (process) A subtask of reverse engineering in which domain knowledge, external information, and deduction of fuzzy reasoning are added to the observations of the subject system to identify meaningful higher level abstractions beyond those obtained directly by examining the system itself. In other words, design recovery aims to work out what a system or component was designed to do rather than just examining its subcomponents and their interrelationships.
- designated area — specified
- desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
- desocialization — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- despecification — The act of generalizing, or making less specific.