12-letter words containing g, e, l, i, d
- decimalizing — Present participle of decimalize.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- decolonizing — Present participle of decolonize.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- deep linking — Digital Technology. the practice of using a link that sends traffic to an internal web page with more relevant or specific content, rather than to the website's home page, as to increase user engagement.
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deescalating — Present participle of deescalate.
- deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- deglaciation — the process of removing glaciation
- deglamorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deglamorize.
- deglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of deglutinate.
- degressively — in a degressive fashion
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- delegitimate — (transitive) to remove the legitimacy from.
- delegitimise — Alternative spelling of delegitimize.
- delegitimize — to make invalid, illegal, or unacceptable
- deleveraging — an instance of this: The economic crisis has forced a deleverage.
- deliberating — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- delightfully — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
- delimitating — Present participle of delimitate.
- deliquescing — Present participle of deliquesce.
- delta-winged — (of an aircraft) having a triangular sweptback wing
- deltiologist — the hobby of collecting post cards.
- demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demonologist — An expert in the study of demonology.
- 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.
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- dentilingual — pronounced or articulated with the tongue touching the upper teeth
- deontologist — ethics, especially that branch dealing with duty, moral obligation, and right action.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- desalinating — Present participle of desalinate.
- desalinizing — Present participle of desalinize.
- descendingly — In a descending manner.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- devil's dung — asafetida.
- devil's grip — pleurodynia (def 2).
- devitalizing — Present participle of devitalize.