11-letter words containing e, d, i, r
- decolorized — Simple past tense and past participle of decolorize.
- decolorizer — a substance that removes colour
- decompilers — Plural form of decompiler.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decorticate — to remove the bark or some other outer layer from
- decree nisi — A decree nisi is an order made by a court which states that a divorce must take place at a certain time in the future unless a good reason is produced to prevent this.
- decrepitate — to heat (a substance, such as a salt) until it emits a crackling sound or until this sound stops
- decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
- decumbiture — the act of lying recumbent and, in particular, as a sick patient in bed
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decursively — in a decursive manner
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- dedramatize — to cause to be less dramatic
- deenergized — to deprive of electrical energy or exhaust the electrical energy from: Turning off the ignition de-energizes the spark plugs.
- deep-litter — denoting a system in which a number of hens are housed in one covered enclosure, within which they can move about freely, on a layer of straw or wood shavings several centimetres deep
- defeaticrat — a member or supporter of the Democratic Party, echoing the belief among many opponents that it promoted a defeatist attitude to the situation in Iraq following the US-led invasion of 2003
- deferential — Someone who is deferential is polite and respectful towards someone else.
- defibrinate — to divest of fibrin or the protein formed in blood during clotting
- defloration — the act of deflowering
- deflowering — Present participle of deflower.
- deforesting — Present participle of deforest.
- deformalize — to make (something) less formal
- deformation — the act of deforming; distortion
- deformative — making worse by alteration
- deformities — Plural form of deformity.
- degendering — to free from any association with or dependence on gender: to degenderize employment policies.
- degenderize — to free from any association with or dependence on gender: to degenderize employment policies.
- degerminate — degerm (def 2).
- deglamorize — to make (a person or thing) less glamorous
- deglutitory — of or relating to swallowing
- degradation — You use degradation to refer to a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality.
- degradative — causing degradation
- degradingly — that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission.
- degree mill — an academic institution with low standards that awards many degrees
- degringoler — to descend rapidly
- dehortation — an exhortation against a course of action
- dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
- dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
- deintegrate — (obsolete) To disintegrate.
- delavirdine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat HIV.
- deleterious — Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it.
- deliberated — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- deliberates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deliberate.
- deliberator — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- delibration — (obsolete, uncountable) The act of stripping off bark.
- delineators — Plural form of delineator.
- delineatory — That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.
- deliriously — Pathology. affected with or characteristic of delirium.
- deliverable — capable of delivery.
- deliverance — Deliverance is rescue from imprisonment, danger, or evil.