12-letter words containing e, d, i, r
- demilitarize — To demilitarize an area means to ensure that all military forces are removed from it.
- demineralize — to remove dissolved salts from (a liquid, esp water)
- demiromantic — Lb neologism Romantically attracted to people only after forming deep emotional bonds.
- demo version — 1. An early, barely-functional version of a program which can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator uses *exactly* the right commands and skirts its numerous bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions. 2. A special version of a finished program (frequently with some features crippled) which is distributed at little or no cost to the user for enticement purposes. See crippleware.
- democratical — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- democratised — Simple past tense and past participle of democratise.
- democratiser — one who democratises
- democratized — Simple past tense and past participle of democratize.
- democratizer — a person or thing that democratizes
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- 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.
- denaturalize — to deprive of nationality
- denaturation — to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- denbighshire — a county of N Wales: split between Clwyd and Gwynedd in 1974; reinstated with different boundaries in 1996: borders the Irish Sea, with the Cambrian Mountains in the south: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Ruthin. Pop: 94 900 (2003 est). Area: 844 sq km (327 sq miles)
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- denigrations — Plural form of denigration.
- denitrifying — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
- denominators — Plural form of denominator.
- denormalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denormalize.
- densitometer — an instrument for measuring the optical density of a material by directing a beam of light onto the specimen and measuring its transmission or reflection
- densitometry — Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- dentirostral — (of birds) having a toothed beak
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- depolymerize — to break (a polymer) into constituent monomers or (of a polymer) to decompose in this way
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- depositaries — Plural form of depositary.
- depositories — Plural form of depository.
- depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- depreciative — Tending to depreciate (in value etc.).
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- depressively — In a depressive manner.
- depressurise — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
- depressurize — to reduce the pressure of a gas inside (a container or enclosed space), as in an aircraft cabin
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- deracialized — Simple past tense and past participle of deracialize.
- deracinating — Present participle of deracinate Pulling up by the roots.
- deracination — to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
- deradicalise — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
- deradicalize — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
- deratization — extermination of rats, especially aboard a merchant vessel.
- derecognized — Simple past tense and past participle of derecognize.
- deregistered — Simple past tense and past participle of deregister.