13-letter words containing d, s
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- decommissions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decommission.
- decompensated — Simple past tense and past participle of decompensate.
- decompensates — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decomposition — Decomposition is the process of decay that takes place when a living thing changes chemically after dying.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
- decompression — Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air.
- decongestants — Plural form of decongestant.
- deconsecrated — (of a church) having been transferred to secular use
- deconsecrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconsecrate.
- deconstructed — having no formal structure
- deconstructor — an adherent to the theory of deconstruction
- decriminalise — Alternative spelling of decriminalize.
- deducibleness — The quality of being deducible.
- deed of trust — a written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee, such as a bank, often for the purpose of securing a mortgage or promissory note.
- deely boppers — hairband with two bobbing antennae-like attachments
- deemphasizing — Present participle of deemphasize.
- deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deep-dish pie — a pie baked in a deep dish and having only a top crust
- deep-sea core — an intact sample of sediment extracted from the ocean floor by drilling with a long hollow tube.
- deer's-tongue — green gentian.
- defamiliarise — Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.
- defeasibility — capable of being annulled or terminated.
- defectiveness — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
- defenestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of defenestrate.
- defenestrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defenestrate.
- defenselessly — In a defenseless manner.
- defensibility — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
- defensiveness — serving to defend; protective: defensive armament.
- defervescence — the abatement of a fever
- defervescency — Alternative form of defervescence.
- deficientness — the state or quality of being deficient
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deforestation — to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.
- degree course — an education course that awards degrees to those who complete it successfully
- dehumidifiers — Plural form of dehumidifier.
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- deipnosophist — a person who is a master of dinner-table conversation
- deleteriously — In a deleterious manner; harmfully.
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- delicatessens — Plural form of delicatessen.
- deliciousness — highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste or smell: a delicious dinner; a delicious aroma.
- delightedness — The quality of being delighted; great pleasure.
- delimitations — Plural form of delimitation.
- delinquencies — Plural form of delinquency.
- deliquescence — the process of deliquescing
- deliriousness — The characteristic of being delirious.