11-letter words containing d, i, r, e, c, t
- death chair — electric chair.
- debt crisis — a situation in which the large debts owed by a number of individuals, organizations or countries threaten to overwhelm them, so that they become unable to service their debts which, in turn, may threaten the stability of larger structures
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- decartelize — to break up (a cartel)
- decemvirate — a board of decemvirs
- decentering — to put out of center.
- decertified — Simple past tense and past participle of decertify.
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declarative — making a statement or assertion
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decorticate — to remove the bark or some other outer layer from
- decrepitate — to heat (a substance, such as a salt) until it emits a crackling sound or until this sound stops
- decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
- decumbiture — the act of lying recumbent and, in particular, as a sick patient in bed
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- defeaticrat — a member or supporter of the Democratic Party, echoing the belief among many opponents that it promoted a defeatist attitude to the situation in Iraq following the US-led invasion of 2003
- demarcating — Present participle of demarcate.
- demarcation — Demarcation is the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
- demarcative — (of a phonological feature) serving to indicate the beginning or end of each successive word in an utterance, as word-initial stress in Hungarian or penultimate stress in Polish.
- democratise — To make democratic.
- democratism — The principles or spirit of a democracy.
- democratize — If a country or a system is democratized, it is made democratic.
- dendritical — Alternative form of dendritic.
- deprecating — A deprecating attitude, gesture, or remark shows that you think that something is not very good, especially something associated with yourself.
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecative — serving to deprecate; deprecatory.
- depreciated — Simple past tense and past participle of depreciate; reduced in value over time.
- depreciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depreciate.
- depreciator — One who depreciates.
- deracinated — to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
- deracinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deracinate Pulls up by the roots.
- dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- descriptive — Descriptive language or writing indicates what someone or something is like.
- descriptors — Plural form of descriptor.
- desecrating — Present participle of desecrate.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- destructing — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
- detectorist — a person whose hobby is using a metal detector
- determinacy — the quality of being defined or fixed
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right
- diametrical — of or along a diameter