12-letter words containing d, i, m, n, s
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- determinants — Plural form of determinant.
- determinates — having defined limits; definite.
- determinisms — Plural form of determinism.
- deviationism — ideological deviation (esp from orthodox Communism)
- diamagnetism — the phenomenon exhibited by substances that have a relative permeability less than unity and a negative susceptibility. It is caused by the orbital motion of electrons in the atoms of the material and is unaffected by temperature
- diamond dust — pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.
- diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- diffusionism — the theory or principle that diffusion is the main force in cultural innovation and change.
- dilettantism — the practices or characteristics of a dilettante.
- dimensioning — Present participle of dimension.
- diminishable — That may be diminished.
- diminishment — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- dipsomaniacs — Plural form of dipsomaniac.
- disablements — Plural form of disablement.
- disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- disamenities — Plural form of disamenity.
- disbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- disclamation — the act of disclaiming; renunciation; disavowal.
- discomedusan — a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfish with flattened bodies
- discomfiting — to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
- discommoding — to cause inconvenience to; disturb, trouble, or bother.
- discommunity — a lack of community
- discomposing — Present participle of discompose.
- disconfirmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disconfirm.
- discoverment — (obsolete) discovery.
- discriminant — a relatively simple expression that determines some of the properties, as the nature of the roots, of a given equation or function.
- discriminate — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- diseconomies — Plural form of diseconomy.
- disembarking — Present participle of disembark.
- disembedding — Present participle of disembed.
- disembodying — Present participle of disembody.
- disembrangle — to disentangle (a person or thing)
- disenamoured — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disencumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber.
- disendowment — The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
- disesteeming — Present participle of disesteem.
- disgorgement — The act of disgorging, particularly in the legal sense.
- disguisement — Disguise (deceptive appearance).
- disharmonize — (intransitive) To cause disorder.
- dishevelment — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- disinterment — to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- dismayedness — the condition of being dismayed
- dismembering — Present participle of dismember.
- dismissingly — In a dismissing manner; dismissively.
- dispensement — Dispensation (handing out or distribution).
- dispersement — Misspelling of disbursement.
- dispiritment — the state of being dispirited