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16-letter words containing d, r

  • demineralisation — Alternative spelling of demineralization.
  • demineralization — to remove minerals from; deprive of mineral content.
  • democratic party — (in the US) the older and more liberal of the two major political parties, so named since 1840
  • demoiselle crane — a gray crane, Anthropoides virgo, of northern Africa, Europe, and Asia, having long, white plumes behind each eye.
  • demolition derby — a competition in which contestants drive old cars into each other until there is only one car left running
  • demonstrableness — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • denaturalization — The act or process of denaturalizing, of changing or destroying the quality (nature) of a thing.
  • dendrochronology — the study of the annual rings of trees, used esp to date past events
  • dental insurance — Dental insurance is insurance that pays for treatment by a dentist.
  • denuclearization — The act or process of denuclearizing.
  • deoxyribonucleic — (genetics) Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or its derivatives.
  • depart this life — to die
  • department store — A department store is a large shop which sells many different kinds of goods.
  • departmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of departmentalize.
  • departmentalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of departmentalize.
  • departure lounge — In an airport, the departure lounge is the place where passengers wait before they get onto their plane.
  • departure signal — a piece of equipment beside a railway which indicates to train drivers whether they should depart or not
  • dependency-prone — tending to become psychologically or physiologically dependent on a drug.
  • depleted uranium — Depleted uranium is a type of uranium that is used in some bombs.
  • depolymerisation — (chemistry) alternative spelling of depolymerization.
  • depolymerization — (chemistry) The decomposition of a polymer into smaller fragments.
  • depression glass — cheap glassware mass-produced during the Depression of the 1930s, usually molded in patterns in pale colors, and collectible since the early 1970s
  • depressurization — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
  • depth perception — ability to see objects in perspective
  • deputy secretary — the Deputy Secretary of State or Defense etc
  • deradicalization — the practice of encouraging those with extreme and violent religious or political ideologies to adopt more moderate views
  • derbyshire chair — a chair of the mid-17th century, made of oak, usually without arms, and having a back of two carved rails between square uprights.
  • dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
  • designer stubble — (on a man) facial hair that is carefully trimmed to give what is thought to be an attractive rugged slightly unshaven look
  • destroyer escort — a lightly armed warship smaller than a destroyer, designed to escort fleets or convoys
  • destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
  • destructibleness — The quality of being destructible.
  • detention center — A detention center is a sort of prison, for example, a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept while a decision is made about what to do with them.
  • detention centre — A detention centre is a sort of prison, for example a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept while a decision is made about what to do with them.
  • determinableness — Capability of being determined; determinability.
  • deterritorialize — (transitive) To subject to deterritorialization.
  • deuterocanonical — of or constituting a second or subsequent canon; specif., designating certain Biblical books accepted as canonical in the Roman Catholic Church, but held by Protestants to be apocryphal
  • developing world — Third World: poor countries
  • development area — (in Britain) an area suffering from high unemployment and economic depression, because of the decline of its main industries, that is given government help to establish new industries
  • device control 1 — control-Q
  • device control 2 — (character)   (DC2) The mnemonic for ASCII character 18, one of the four Device Control characters.
  • device control 3 — control-S
  • device control 4 — (character)   (DC4) The mnemonic for ASCII character 20, one of the four Device Control characters.
  • devil's triangle — Bermuda Triangle.
  • devonshire cream — clotted cream.
  • devonshire split — a kind of yeast bun split open and served with whipped cream or butter and jam
  • dew-point spread — the degrees of difference between the air temperature and the dew point
  • dextromethorphan — (pharmaceutical drug) An antitussive drug (a cough suppressant) that is found in many over-the-counter cold and cough preparations.
  • diacetylmorphine — heroin.
  • diacritical mark — any of various marks, as a macron or cedilla, added to a letter or symbol to indicate its pronunciation or to distinguish it in some way
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