11-letter words containing d, i, s, l
- deliquesced — Simple past tense and past participle of deliquesce.
- deliriously — Pathology. affected with or characteristic of delirium.
- delitescent — concealed; hidden; latent.
- delocalised — (British) alternative spelling of delocalized.
- delphiniums — Plural form of delphinium.
- delta virus — a severe form of hepatitis caused by an incomplete virus (delta virus) that links to the hepatitis B virus for its replication.
- delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- delusionist — a person prone to delusions
- delustering — a chemical process for reducing the luster of rayon yarns by adding a finely divided pigment to the spinning solution.
- demobilizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demobilize.
- demolishing — Present participle of demolish.
- demolitions — explosives, as when used to blow up bridges, etc
- demoralised — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demoralise.
- demoralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demoralize.
- demulsified — Simple past tense and past participle of demulsify.
- demutualise — If a building society or insurance company demutualises, it abandons its mutual status and becomes a limited company.
- dental lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- depressible — that can be depressed
- derailleurs — Plural form of derailleur.
- derailments — Plural form of derailment.
- des plaines — city in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 59,000
- desacralize — to render less sacred; to secularize
- desalinated — Simple past tense and past participle of desalinate.
- desalinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desalinate.
- desalinator — an apparatus used in the process of desalination
- desalinized — Simple past tense and past participle of desalinize.
- desalinizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desalinize.
- descendible — capable of being inherited
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- descloizite — a mineral, lead zinc vanadate.
- describable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- deserialize — (transitive, computing) To parse (serialized data) so as to reconstruct the original object.
- desert soil — a type of soil developed in arid climates, characterized by a lack of leaching and small humus content
- 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.
- desexualise — Alternative spelling of desexualize.
- desexualize — to deprive of sexual characteristics by the surgical removal of the testicles or ovaries; castrate or spay
- deshielding — (physics, chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is strengthened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei.
- desilverize — to extract silver from (metal)
- desinential — Terminal.
- desocialize — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- desolations — Plural form of desolation.
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- despisingly — in a despising manner; contemptuously
- despoilment — The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
- destabilise — (transitive) To make something unstable.
- destabilize — To destabilize something such as a country or government means to create a situation which reduces its power or influence.
- destalinize — (transitive) To free from the influence of w Joseph Stalin.
- desterilize — to bring back from a sterile state; specif., to release (gold) from a neutralized position into an active position in the monetary system where it can support credit and monetary issues
- desublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.