11-letter words containing d, i, s, l
- desulfurize — to remove sulfur from
- desultorily — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- detasseling — Present participle of detassel.
- detribalise — Alt form detribalize.
- deuces wild — a variety or method of playing certain poker and other games in which a deuce represents any suit or denomination that the holder chooses: We're playing five-card stud, deuces wild.
- devil's bit — devil's bit scabious
- devil's-bit — an eastern North American plant, Chamaelirium luteum, of the lily family, having a dense, drooping spike of small white flowers.
- devitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitalize.
- devotionals — Plural form of devotional.
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- diagnosable — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- diagonalise — Alternative spelling of diagonalize.
- dialogistic — a speaker in a dialogue.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dickcissels — Plural form of dickcissel.
- dictyostele — a form of stele found in some ferns, containing so many gaps that it is like a network of separate strands
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- diesel fuel — a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.
- diffusional — Of or pertaining to diffusion.
- diffusively — In a diffusive manner.
- 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.
- 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.
- diisopropyl — Having two isopropyl groups.
- dilatations — Plural form of dilatation.
- dilettantes — Plural form of dilettante.
- diluvialism — the theory, generally abandoned in the mid-19th century, that the earth's surface was shaped by the biblical flood
- diluvialist — a person who believes in the theory of diluvialism
- dimensional — Of or pertaining to dimensions.
- diode laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
- diplococcus — any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae.
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- diplomatese — the type of language or jargon used by diplomats, thought to be excessively complicated, cautious, or vague
- diplomatics — the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like.
- diplomatist — British Older Use. a Foreign Office employee officially engaged as a diplomat.
- direfulness — the state or fact of being direful
- disablement — to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb. He was disabled by the accident.
- disallowing — Present participle of disallow.
- disannuller — a person who disannuls
- disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
- disarmingly — removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.
- disassemble — to take apart.
- disassembly — to take apart.
- disavowable — capable of being disavowed
- disbelieved — Simple past tense and past participle of disbelieve.
- disbeliever — A person who refuses to believe something or who lacks religious faith.
- disbowelled — disembowelled
- disbursable — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy