10-letter words containing i, l, a
- delegation — A delegation is a group of people who have been sent somewhere to have talks with other people on behalf of a larger group of people.
- delibation — a small taste of a liquid
- deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
- delicacies — something delightful or pleasing, especially a choice food considered with regard to its rarity, costliness, or the like: Caviar is a great delicacy.
- delicately — fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
- deligating — Present participle of deligate.
- deligation — the act of binding, especially with a ligature
- deliminate — To delimit, especially in the computing sense.
- delimitate — delimit.
- delineated — to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
- delineates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delineate.
- delineator — a tailor's pattern, adjustable for different sizes
- delineavit — (he or she) drew it: used formerly on prints alongside the name of the artist of the original drawing
- delipidate — To remove the lipids from.
- deliration — delirium; madness
- delocalize — to remove from the usual locality
- delsartian — of, relating to, or characteristic of François Delsarte or the Delsarte method.
- delta iron — an allotrope of iron that exists between 1400°C and the melting point of iron and has the same structure as alpha iron
- delta wing — a triangular sweptback aircraft wing
- delusional — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- demilancer — A soldier who carries a demilance.
- demisexual — (of humans) Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.
- demoniacal — of, relating to, or like a demon; demonic: demoniac laughter.
- demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- denasality — The quality of being denasal.
- denasalize — to diminish the nasal resonance of (speech or a speech sound).
- dendroidal — Dendroid; resembling a shrub or tree.
- deoppilate — to remove obstructions (from)
- depilation — to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- depolarize — to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization
- deprivable — Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
- derailleur — a mechanism for changing gear on bicycles, consisting of a device that lifts the driving chain from one sprocket wheel to another of different size
- derailment — A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running.
- desalinate — to remove the salt from (esp from sea water)
- desalinize — desalt.
- desalivate — to arrest the flow of saliva in (a human or other animal).
- descriable — Capable of being descried (detected or perceived).
- deshabille — the state of being partly or carelessly dressed
- desirables — Plural form of desirable.
- desireable — Archaic form of desirable.
- desolating — Present participle of desolate.
- desolation — Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- despicable — If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are emphasizing that they are extremely nasty, cruel, or evil.
- despicably — deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible: He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.
- despisable — deserving of being despised; despicable
- despotical — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- dessalines — Jean-Jacques (ʒɑ̃ ʒɑk). ?1758–1806, emperor of Haiti (1804–06) after driving out the French; assassinated