10-letter words containing i, l, b, e, d
- de broglie — Prince Louis Victor (lwi viktɔr). 1892–1987, French physicist, noted for his research in quantum mechanics and his development of wave mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1929
- deaf-blind — of or relating to a person who is both deaf and blind.
- dealbation — the process of bleaching or making white
- debasingly — In a debasing manner.
- debatingly — in an argumentative manner
- debilitate — If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker.
- debilities — Plural form of debility.
- deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
- debonairly — In a debonair manner.
- debt limit — (in public finance) the legal maximum debt permitted a municipal, state, or national government.
- deceivable — capable of being deceived; gullible.
- deceptible — capable of being deceived
- declinable — that can be declined; having case inflections
- decoctible — capable of being decocted
- deductible — If a payment or expense is deductible, it can be deducted from another sum such as your income, for example, when calculating how much income tax you have to pay.
- defeasible — (of an estate or interest in land) capable of being defeated or rendered void
- defectible — having the ability to fail
- defensible — An opinion, system, or action that is defensible is one that people can argue is right or good.
- defensibly — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
- 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.
- demobilise — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
- demobilize — If a country or armed force demobilizes its troops, or if its troops demobilize, its troops are released from service and allowed to go home.
- deprivable — Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
- 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.
- 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
- detainable — to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detectible — to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
- devil book — (publication) "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1). The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).
- diabetical — relating to diabetes
- diabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of diabolize.
- dialyzable — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- diffusible — capable of being diffused.
- digestable — (obsolete, or, nonstandard) alt form digestible.
- digestible — capable of being digested; readily digested.
- dinnerbell — An object-oriented dataflow language with single assignment.
- directable — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- dirigibles — Plural form of dirigible.
- disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- disembowel — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disembroil — to free from embroilment, entanglement, or confusion.
- disenabled — Simple past tense and past participle of disenable.
- disenables — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disenable.
- disennoble — to deprive of nobility
- dishabille — the state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly style or manner; undress.