11-letter words containing d, i, g, s
- demolishing — Present participle of demolish.
- dentigerous — bearing or having teeth
- deo gratias — thanks be to God
- deodorising — Present participle of deodorise.
- deoxidising — Present participle of deoxidise.
- depasturing — Present participle of depasture.
- derecognise — Alternative spelling of derecognize.
- derogations — Plural form of derogation.
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- desecrating — Present participle of desecrate.
- 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.
- desiccating — Present participle of desiccate.
- designating — Present participle of designate.
- designation — A designation is a description, name, or title that is given to someone or something. Designation is the fact of giving that description, name, or title.
- designative — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- designators — Plural form of designator.
- designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- despisingly — in a despising manner; contemptuously
- dessignment — design; planning
- destructing — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- detasseling — Present participle of detassel.
- devastating — If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging.
- diagnosable — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- diagnosis's — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- diagnostics — the art or practice of diagnosis, esp of diseases
- diagonalise — Alternative spelling of diagonalize.
- dialogistic — a speaker in a dialogue.
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- didgeridoos — Plural form of didgeridoo.
- die casting — the process of making a casting by forcing molten metal into a metallic mold, or die, under great pressure
- digestional — the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.
- digestively — In a digestive manner; by means of digestion.
- digger wasp — any of numerous solitary wasps of the family Sphecidae, which excavate nests in soil, wood, etc., and provision them with prey paralyzed by stinging.
- digitalised — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digitalises — any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
- dignitaries — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- digressions — Plural form of digression.
- dim-sighted — with weak or indistinct vision
- diminishing — Make or become less.
- dioxygenase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze reactions involving molecular oxygen.
- disagreeing — Present participle of disagree.
- disallowing — Present participle of disallow.
- disarmingly — removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.
- disarranged — Simple past tense and past participle of disarrange.
- disarraying — Present participle of disarray.
- disattiring — Present participle of disattire.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs