13-letter words containing d, l, a, y
- daylight lamp — a lamp whose light has a range of wavelengths similar to that of natural sunlight
- daylight time — time set usually one hour ahead of the local standard time, widely adopted in the summer to provide extra daylight in the evening
- deacetylation — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
- death penalty — The death penalty is the punishment of death used in some countries for people who have committed very serious crimes.
- decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group
- decasyllables — Plural form of decasyllable.
- declaratively — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- defeasibility — capable of being annulled or terminated.
- defendability — (uncountable) The condition of being defendable.
- deferentially — showing deference; deferent; respectful.
- deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
- degradability — susceptible to chemical breakdown.
- delectability — The quality of being delectable.
- demagogically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue.
- demyelinating — Present participle of demyelinate.
- demyelination — The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, normally as a result of disease.
- dependability — software reliability
- deployability — Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
- deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- despicability — Despicableness.
- detachability — The quality of being detachable.
- detectability — the quality of being detectable
- determinately — having defined limits; definite.
- deterrability — the quality of being deterrable
- detestability — The state or quality of being detestable.
- detrimentally — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
- deuteranomaly — a milder form of deuteranopia; partial deuteranopia
- devastatingly — tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire.
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- dialectically — of, relating to, or of the nature of logical argumentation.
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- dialyzability — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- diametrically — If you say that two things are diametrically opposed, you are emphasizing that they are completely different from each other.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dictatorially — In a dictatorial manner.
- diethylacetal — acetal (def 1).
- digraphically — in a digraphic manner
- dimensionally — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dimethylamine — a colourless strong-smelling gas produced from ammonia and methanol, used to produce many industrial and pharmaceutical chemicals
- dioristically — in a dioristic manner
- diphenoxylate — a substance, C 30 H 32 N 2 O 2 , used in the form of its hydrochloride in the treatment of diarrhea.
- diphenylamine — a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble benzene derivative, C 12 H 11 N, used chiefly in the preparation of various dyes, as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose propellants, and for the detection of oxidizing agents in analytical chemistry.
- diphthongally — in a diphthongal manner
- diplomatology — diplomatics as a subject of scientific study
- directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.