10-letter words containing i, l, n
- delphinine — a poisonous, white, crystalline alkaloid, C33H45NO9, found in the seeds of certain larkspurs
- delphinium — A delphinium is a garden plant which has a tall stem with blue flowers growing up it.
- delphinoid — a member of the genus Delphinoidea, of which dolphins and porpoises are members
- 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.
- demolition — The demolition of a building is the act of deliberately destroying it, often in order to build something else in its place.
- demoniacal — of, relating to, or like a demon; demonic: demoniac laughter.
- 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.
- depilation — to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
- depletions — Plural form of depletion.
- derailment — A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running.
- deridingly — In a deriding way; mockingly.
- desalinate — to remove the salt from (esp from sea water)
- desalinize — desalt.
- deshelling — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
- designedly — by intention or design; on purpose; deliberately
- designless — without a design, unplanned
- deskilling — Present participle of deskill.
- desludging — mud, mire, or ooze; slush.
- desmoulins — (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoît) (kamij). 1760–94, French revolutionary leader, pamphleteer, and orator
- desolating — Present participle of desolate.
- desolation — Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
- despoiling — plundering by force
- dessalines — Jean-Jacques (ʒɑ̃ ʒɑk). ?1758–1806, emperor of Haiti (1804–06) after driving out the French; assassinated
- detail man — a salesman for a pharmaceutical firm who visits doctors, dentists, etc. in a certain district to promote new drugs
- detainable — to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detangling — Present participle of detangle.
- developing — If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
- devolution — Devolution is the transfer of some authority or power from a central organization or government to smaller organizations or government departments.
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.
- diagonally — Mathematics. connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line. extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane.
- dial train — Horology. the part of a going train that drives the minute and hour hands.
- dialled in — exhibiting total concentration on and mastery of the task in hand
- dialoguing — conversation between two or more persons.
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- didelphian — of or relating to an animal in the Didelphia subclass of mammals
- dienophile — (organic chemistry) A compound that readily reacts with a diene; especially an alkene in the Diels-Alder reaction.
- dieselling — (in a combustion engine) a fault or malfunction in which the engine continues to run after the ignition has been switched off
- dieselpunk — A postmodern genre of art as well as a budding subculture that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through World War II and ending circa 1950s (a range of time often referred to as the \u201cdiesel era\u201d by the dieselpunk community) with contemporary creations.
- diethylene — (organic chemistry, in combination) Two ethylene groups in a molecule.
- diffluence — the act of flowing off or away.
- diflunisal — a substance, C 13 H 8 F 2 O 3 , used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of rheumatoid diseases and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- dilatation — a dilated formation or part.
- dilettante — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- dilettanti — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.