12-letter words containing d, o, l, i
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralizing — If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- denormalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denormalize.
- denotational — Of or pertaining to denotation.
- denotatively — having power to denote.
- dentirostral — (of birds) having a toothed beak
- deontologist — ethics, especially that branch dealing with duty, moral obligation, and right action.
- deoppilation — the removal of obstructions
- deoppilative — any drug which removes obstructions in the body
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- depoliticise — Alternative spelling of depoliticize.
- depoliticize — to deprive of a political nature; render apolitical
- depolymerize — to break (a polymer) into constituent monomers or (of a polymer) to decompose in this way
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- deposit slip — a form that you fill in when you make a deposit into a bank account; it contains information such as the amount, whether it is a cash or cheque deposit, the account number and the date
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- derelictions — Plural form of dereliction.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- desalination — Desalination is the process of removing salt from sea water so that it can be used for drinking, or for watering crops.
- descensional — relating to descension
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- desocialized — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- detonability — the quality of being detonable
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devolatilise — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- devolatilize — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- devon island — an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).
- devotionally — In a devotional manner.
- diabolically — having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked: a diabolic plot.
- diagonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of diagonalize.
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- dialogically — in a dialogic manner
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- diamond lane — a highway or street lane for buses and passenger vans marked with a large diamond shape on the pavement.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- diarthrodial — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
- diatonically — In a diatonic manner.
- dicarboxylic — containing two carboxyl groups in the molecule