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15-letter words containing d, i, s, l

  • cromolyn sodium — a substance, C 23 H 14 Na 2 O 11 , used as a preventive inhalant for bronchial asthma and hay fever.
  • cyanide capsule — a capsule containing cyanide, traditionally given to spies and others so that they can commit suicide to avoid capture
  • daily newspaper — A daily newspaper is a newspaper that is published every day of the week except Sunday.
  • darning needles — a long needle with a long eye used in darning.
  • daylight saving — the practice of advancing standard time by one hour in the spring of each year and of setting it back by one hour in the fall in order to gain an extra period of daylight during the early evening.
  • deal someone in — to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
  • dealer's choice — a card game, as poker, in which the dealer decides what particular game is to be played, often depending on the number of players, and designates any special variations or unusual rules, including setting the stakes.
  • decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
  • decollate snail — a cone-shaped, burrowing snail, Rumina decollata, that feeds on common brown garden snails.
  • decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
  • decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
  • decontextualise — Alternative spelling of decontextualize.
  • decriminalising — Present participle of decriminalise.
  • decubitus ulcer — a chronic ulcer of the skin and underlying tissues caused by prolonged pressure on the body surface of bedridden patients
  • defect analysis — (programming)   Using defects as data for continuous quality improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts.
  • definite clause — (logic)   A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
  • deindustrialise — Alternative spelling of deindustrialize.
  • deindustrialize — to reduce the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of (a nation or area)
  • deleteriousness — The quality of being deleterious.
  • delivery system — any means or process for conveying a product or service to a recipient.
  • delmonico steak — club steak
  • delta hepatitis — a severe form of hepatitis caused by an incomplete virus (delta virus) that links to the hepatitis B virus for its replication.
  • demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • demonstrational — the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence: a belief incapable of demonstration.
  • demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
  • demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
  • departmentalism — division into departments, esp when resulting in impaired efficiency
  • depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
  • dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
  • descaling agent — something intended for use removing limescale from something such as a tap, kettle or coffee machine.
  • describableness — The quality of being describable.
  • descriptionless — Without a description.
  • deserialization — The act or process of deserializing.
  • desexualization — The act or process of desexualizing.
  • desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
  • desocialization — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
  • destabilisation — Alternative spelling of destabilization.
  • destabilization — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
  • destructibility — The condition of being destructible.
  • desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
  • detribalisation — Alternative form of detribalization.
  • dextrosinistral — left-handed, but having the right hand trained for writing.
  • diagonalisation — (UK) In matrix algebra, the process of converting a square matrix into a diagonal matrix, usually to find the eigenvalues of the matrix.
  • diaheliotropism — the tendency among plants to respond to the light of the sun by orienting their leaves perpendicular to the sun's rays, such that the upper surface of the leaves receives maximum light
  • diallyl sulfide — allyl sulfide.
  • diastrophically — in a diastrophic fashion
  • dictatorialness — The state or quality of being dictatorial.
  • dielectric lens — a lens constructed of a material that converges or diverges a beam of electromagnetic radiation of radio frequency
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