15-letter words containing d, i, s, t, e
- designated area — specified
- desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
- desocialization — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- despecification — The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
- 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.
- destructiveness — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
- desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
- detective story — a story in which a detective tries to solve a crime
- determinateness — The state or quality of being determinate.
- detribalisation — Alternative form of detribalization.
- deuteronomistic — one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament.
- deutsches reich — former German name of Germany.
- dextrosinistral — left-handed, but having the right hand trained for writing.
- 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
- diastereoisomer — a type of isomer that differs in the spatial arrangement of atoms in the molecule, but is not a mirror image; a stereoisomer that is not an enantiomer
- dichotomous key — a key used to identify a plant or animal in which each stage presents descriptions of two distinguishing characters, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the species is identified
- dichotomousness — the quality of being dichotomous
- dictation speed — a speed of speaking that enables someone to take down what is being said
- dictatorialness — The state or quality of being dictatorial.
- die standing up — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- dielectric lens — a lens constructed of a material that converges or diverges a beam of electromagnetic radiation of radio frequency
- dielectric loss — the loss of power in a dielectric caused by the loss of energy in the form of heat generated by an electric field.
- diesel-electric — having an electric motor powered directly by an electric generator or by batteries charged by the generator, with the generator being driven by a diesel engine: a diesel-electric locomotive.
- differentiators — Plural form of differentiator.
- diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
- digestive gland — any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract, as the salivary glands, liver, and pancreas.
- digestive tract — alimentary canal
- dimension stone — quarried and squared stone 2 feet (0.6 meters) or more in length and width and of specified thickness.
- dimethylsulfide — Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfide.
- dinoflagellates — Plural form of dinoflagellate.
- direct positive — a positive obtained from another positive without an intermediate step.
- direct question — interrogative sentence
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- disaffectionate — not affectionate
- disappointments — Plural form of disappointment.
- disassimilative — of or relating to disassimilation
- disaster relief — financial or physical help provided to people or areas hit by a disaster
- discombobulated — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discombobulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discombobulate.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.
- discontinuities — Plural form of discontinuity.
- discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- discountenanced — Simple past tense and past participle of discountenance.
- discountenances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discountenance.
- discovery inlet — an inlet of the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
- discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.