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15-letter words containing e, n, t, i, o

  • delaying action — a measure or measures taken to gain time, as when weaker military forces harass the advance of a superior enemy without coming to a pitched battle
  • deleteriousness — The quality of being deleterious.
  • delmonico steak — club steak
  • delta reduction — (theory)   In lambda-calculus extended with constants, delta reduction replaces a function applied to the required number of arguments (a redex) by a result. E.g. plus 2 3 --> 5. In contrast with beta reduction (the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus) the result is not formed simply by textual substitution of arguments into the body of a function. Instead, a delta redex is matched against the left hand side of all delta rules and is replaced by the right hand side of the (first) matching rule. There is notionally one delta rule for each possible combination of function and arguments. Where this implies an infinite number of rules, the result is usually defined by reference to some external system such as mathematical addition or the hardware operations of some computer. For other types, all rules can be given explicitly, for example Boolean negation: not True = False not False = True (1997-02-20)
  • demagnetisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of demagnetization.
  • demagnetization — The process of removing the magnetic field from an object.
  • demassification — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
  • democratisation — Alternative spelling of democratization.
  • democratization — The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
  • demolition bomb — a bomb containing a relatively large charge, used especially to destroy structures.
  • demolition work — the work of knocking down buildings
  • demolition zone — an area consisting of buildings marked for demolition
  • demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • demonstrational — the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence: a belief incapable of demonstration.
  • demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
  • demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
  • demutualization — Demutualization is a situation in which a mutually owned company such as an insurance company changes into a public company that issues stock.
  • demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
  • demythification — the act of demythifying
  • demythologizing — Present participle of demythologize.
  • denationalizing — Present participle of denationalize.
  • dendrochemistry — (chemistry) the science, related to dendrochronology, that uses the analysis of trace minerals in tree rings to study air pollution in past times.
  • denitrification — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
  • denormalization — to make normal.
  • depletion layer — a region at the interface between dissimilar zones of conductivity in a semiconductor, in which there are few charge carriers
  • deposit account — A deposit account is a type of bank account where the money in it earns interest.
  • deprivatization — The act or process of deprivatizing.
  • derequisitioned — Simple past tense and past participle of derequisition.
  • derhotacization — A distortion in (or an Inability to pronounce) the sound of letter R, causing the R to be omitted as a consonant or changing /\u025d/ or /\u025a/ to /\u025c/,/\u0259/, or another vowel if a vocalic.
  • desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
  • descriptionless — Without a description.
  • desensitisation — The act or process of desensitising, of dulling or reducing sensation.
  • desensitization — the act or process of desensitizing.
  • deserialization — The act or process of deserializing.
  • desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
  • desexualization — The act or process of desexualizing.
  • desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
  • desocialization — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
  • despecification — The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
  • destabilisation — Alternative spelling of destabilization.
  • destabilization — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
  • desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
  • detective novel — a novel in which a detective tries to solve a crime
  • detribalisation — Alternative form of detribalization.
  • detribalization — to cause to lose tribal allegiances and customs, chiefly through contact with another culture.
  • deuteronomistic — one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament.
  • developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
  • developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
  • devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
  • dextrosinistral — left-handed, but having the right hand trained for writing.
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