11-letter words containing e, s, p, a, d
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- deemphasize — to place less emphasis upon; reduce in importance, size, scope, etc.: The university de-emphasized intercollegiate football.
- deep-seated — A deep-seated problem, feeling, or belief is difficult to change because its causes have been there for a long time.
- delors plan — a plan for closer European union, originated by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission (1985–94)
- dental lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- departments — Plural form of department.
- depasturing — Present participle of depasture.
- dependables — Plural form of dependable.
- depopulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depopulate.
- depravities — Plural form of depravity.
- depreciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depreciate.
- depressants — Plural form of depressant.
- deputations — Plural form of deputation.
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- des plaines — city in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 59,000
- desert palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
- desipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant drug
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- desperadoes — Plural form of desperado.
- desperately — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- diaper rash — (in babies) any irritation to the skin around the genitals, anus, or buttocks, usually caused by contact with urine or excrement
- diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
- diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
- diapophyses — Plural form of diapophysis.
- diapositive — a positive transparency; slide
- dicephalous — having two heads
- digger wasp — any of numerous solitary wasps of the family Sphecidae, which excavate nests in soil, wood, etc., and provision them with prey paralyzed by stinging.
- dipeptidase — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of dipeptides.
- diphosphate — a pyrophosphate.
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- diplomatese — the type of language or jargon used by diplomats, thought to be excessively complicated, cautious, or vague
- disapparate — To disappear (magically).
- disappeared — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- disapproved — Simple past tense and past participle of disapprove.
- disapprover — One who disapproves.
- disapproves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove.
- disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
- discrepance — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- discrepancy — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- disculpated — Simple past tense and past participle of disculpate.
- disparately — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- disparities — Plural form of disparity.
- dispatchers — Plural form of dispatcher.
- dispellable — to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate: to dispel the dense fog.
- dispensable — capable of being dispensed with or done without; not necessary or essential.
- dispensably — in a dispensable manner
- dispensator — a person who dispenses; distributor; administrator.