12-letter words containing d, i, s, t
- dancing step — balanced step.
- dark tourism — tourism to sites associated with tragedies, disasters, and death
- darmstadtium — a synthetic radioactive element produced in small quantities by cold fusion in a linear accelerator. Symbol: Ds; atomic no: 110
- dastardizing — Present participle of dastardize.
- dauntingness — to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- davis strait — a strait between Baffin Island, in Canada, and Greenland
- day hospital — part of a hospital that offers therapeutic services, where patients usually attend all day but go home or to a hospital ward at night
- de-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- de-intensify — to make intense or more intense.
- de-stabilise — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
- de-stalinize — to eliminate the influence of Stalin from
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- death duties — Death duties were a tax which had to be paid on the money and property of someone who had died. This tax is now called inheritance tax.
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- debt service — the amount set aside annually in a fund to pay the interest and the part of the principal due on a debt.
- debut single — the first single produced by a particular singer or band
- decapitalise — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- declamations — Plural form of declamation.
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declinations — Plural form of declination.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decongesting — Present participle of decongest.
- decongestion — the act of decongesting
- decongestive — having the ability to ease crowding or clogging in busy locations
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deescalating — Present participle of deescalate.
- defectionist — a person who is in favour of lapsing, backsliding, or defection
- definiteness — clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact: a definite quantity; definite directions.
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- delegitimise — Alternative spelling of delegitimize.
- delicateness — fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
- delicatessen — A delicatessen is a shop that sells high quality foods such as cheeses and cold meats that have been imported from other countries.
- delineations — Plural form of delineation.
- deliquescent — the act or process of deliquescing.
- delitescence — the sudden disappearance of a lesion or of the signs and symptoms of a disease
- deltiologist — the hobby of collecting post cards.
- demagnetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demagnetize.
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
- demilitarise — (British) alternative spelling of demilitarize.
- democratised — Simple past tense and past participle of democratise.
- democratiser — one who democratises