14-letter words containing d, r, e, a, i, s
- crested lizard — a long-tailed iguanid lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, of arid areas in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, having a row of enlarged scales down the back.
- critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
- cross-addicted — addicted to two or more substances simultaneously.
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
- cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
- dacryoadenitis — Inflammation of the lacrimal glands.
- daniel webster — Daniel, 1782–1852, U.S. statesman and orator.
- dating service — a service that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
- david d'angers — (born Pierre Jean David) 1788?-1856; Fr. sculptor
- dead president — a banknote
- dead sea fruit — something that appears to be beautiful or full of promise but is in reality nothing but illusion and disappointment.
- dead to rights — in an undeniably incriminating situation; red-handed
- dead-air space — an unventilated air space in which the air does not circulate.
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
- dechristianize — to make non-Christian
- decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
- deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
- deconsecration — The opposite of consecration, to undo consecration. Desecration or defilement.
- decorativeness — The condition of being decorative.
- decriminalised — to eliminate criminal penalties for or remove legal restrictions against: to decriminalize marijuana.
- decriminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalize.
- deep-sea diver — a person who takes part in deep-sea diving
- defenestrating — Present participle of defenestrate.
- defenestration — the act of throwing someone out of a window
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
- deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- delta aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
- dematerialised — Simple past tense and past participle of dematerialise.
- dematerializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dematerialize.
- demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
- demisemiquaver — a note having the time value of one thirty-second of a semibreve
- demonstrations — Plural form of demonstration.
- demonstratives — Plural form of demonstrative.
- demoralisation — Alternative spelling of demoralization.
- denmark strait — a channel between SE Greenland and Iceland, linking the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic
- depersonalised — Simple past tense and past participle of depersonalise.
- depersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of depersonalize.
- depersonalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depersonalize.
- depolarisation — Alternative spelling of depolarization.
- deregistration — The process of which an employee is removed from work registrant status.
- derivativeness — the quality of being derivative
- dermatologists — Plural form of dermatologist.
- dermatomycosis — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- desert varnish — the dark, lustrous coating or crust, usually of manganese and iron oxides, that forms on rocks, pebbles, etc., when exposed to weathering in the desert.
- design pattern — (programming) A description of an object-oriented design technique which names, abstracts and identifies aspects of a design structure that are useful for creating an object-oriented design. The design pattern identifies classes and instances, their roles, collaborations and responsibilities. Each design pattern focuses on a particular object-oriented design problem or issue. It describes when it applies, whether it can be applied in the presence of other design constraints, and the consequences and trade-offs of its use.
- despiritualize — to render less spiritual; to remove the spiritual character of; to make more material
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization