13-letter words containing e, i, n, d
- demandingness — the quality of being demanding
- demasculinise — Alternative spelling of demasculinize.
- demasculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- demi-culverin — a culverin having a bore of about 4½ inches (11 cm) and firing a shot of about 10 pounds (5 kg).
- demi-detourne — a turn in which the dancer on pointe or demi-pointe completes a half turn toward the back foot and lowers the heels, with the back foot finishing in front.
- demimondaines — Plural form of demimondaine.
- demineralized — From which all minerals have been removed.
- demineralizer — a substance or device that causes demineralization
- demineralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demineralize.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- demolitionist — an act or instance of demolishing.
- demonological — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
- demonstrating — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- demonstration — A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
- demonstrative — Someone who is demonstrative shows affection freely and openly.
- demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- demyelinating — Present participle of demyelinate.
- demyelination — The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, normally as a result of disease.
- denationalise — Alternative spelling of denationalize.
- denationalize — To denationalize an industry or business means to transfer it into private ownership so that it is no longer owned and controlled by the state.
- denaturalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denaturalize.
- denaturations — Plural form of denaturation.
- dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- deng xiaoping — 1904–97, Chinese Communist statesman; deputy prime minister (1973–76; 1977–80) and the dominant figure in the Chinese government from 1977 until his death. He was twice removed from office (1967–73, 1976–77) and rehabilitated. He introduced economic liberalization, but suppressed demands for political reform, most notably in 1989 when over 2500 demonstrators were killed by the military in Tiananmen Square in Beijing
- denominations — Plural form of denomination.
- densification — the act of becoming or making more dense
- densitometers — Plural form of densitometer.
- densitometric — Of or pertaining to densitometry.
- dental caries — cavity formation in teeth caused by bacteria that attach to teeth and form acids in the presence of sucrose, other sugars, and refined starches; tooth decay.
- dental clinic — a school clinic in which minor dental work is carried out by dental nurses
- dentalization — to change into or pronounce as a dental sound.
- denticulation — a denticulate structure
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- denuclearized — Simple past tense and past participle of denuclearize.
- denunciations — Plural form of denunciation.
- deodorisation — Alternative form of deodorization.
- deodorization — The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.
- deontological — (of an ethical theory) regarding obligation as deriving from reason or as residing primarily in certain specific rules of conduct rather than in the maximization of some good
- deoxycytidine — (biochemistry, genetics) A nucleoside consisting of cytosine linked to deoxyribose.
- deoxygenating — Present participle of deoxygenate.
- deoxygenation — to remove oxygen from (a substance, as blood or water).
- dependability — software reliability
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- dephlegmation — the act of dephlegmating
- deposit money — checks, letters of credit, etc., that circulate and are payable on demand.
- deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.