13-letter words containing d, i, l, a, c
- de-capitalize — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- deacetylation — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
- debit balance — the amount of money owed to a lender, etc
- decapitalised — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decentralised — Simple past tense and past participle of decentralise.
- decentralized — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
- decimal place — the position of a digit after the decimal point, each successive position to the right having a denominator of an increased power of ten
- decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
- declaratively — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- declinational — Relating to declination.
- decolonialize — decolonize.
- decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- decriminalize — When a criminal offence is decriminalized, the law changes so that it is no longer a criminal offence.
- deculturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
- delectability — The quality of being delectable.
- delicatessens — Plural form of delicatessen.
- delirifacient — anything that causes or induces delirium
- demagogically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue.
- demasculinise — Alternative spelling of demasculinize.
- demasculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- demonological — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
- dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
- dental caries — cavity formation in teeth caused by bacteria that attach to teeth and form acids in the presence of sucrose, other sugars, and refined starches; tooth decay.
- dental clinic — a school clinic in which minor dental work is carried out by dental nurses
- denticulation — a denticulate structure
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- denuclearized — Simple past tense and past participle of denuclearize.
- deontological — (of an ethical theory) regarding obligation as deriving from reason or as residing primarily in certain specific rules of conduct rather than in the maximization of some good
- deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
- desacralizing — Present participle of desacralize.
- despicability — Despicableness.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- detachability — The quality of being detachable.
- detectability — the quality of being detectable
- diacatholicon — an all-purpose remedy
- dialect atlas — linguistic atlas
- dialect coach — a person whose job is to train actors to speak in the authentic accent and manner of a particular area
- dialectically — of, relating to, or of the nature of logical argumentation.
- dialling code — A dialling code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before a particular telephone number if you are making a call to that place from a different area.
- diametrically — If you say that two things are diametrically opposed, you are emphasizing that they are completely different from each other.
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dicloxacillin — A narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class, used to treat infections caused by susceptible gram-positive bacteria.