12-letter words containing i, m, o, d
- declinometer — an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
- decommission — When something such as a nuclear reactor or a large machine is decommissioned, it is taken to pieces because it is no longer going to be used.
- decommunized — Simple past tense and past participle of decommunize.
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- dedolomitize — to transform (dolomite or dolomitic limestone) by separating the dolomite into calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate.
- deformalized — Simple past tense and past participle of deformalize.
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- degemination — (phonetics, uncountable) inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period.
- deglamorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deglamorize.
- deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
- delamination — separation into layers
- delimitation — delimit.
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
- demi-pension — an arrangement whereby a guest or resident pays, usually at a fixed rate, for room, breakfast, and one other daily meal offered in a hotel or boardinghouse; half board. Compare modified American plan.
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
- demimondaine — a woman of the demimonde
- demiromantic — Lb neologism Romantically attracted to people only after forming deep emotional bonds.
- demo version — 1. An early, barely-functional version of a program which can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator uses *exactly* the right commands and skirts its numerous bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions. 2. A special version of a finished program (frequently with some features crippled) which is distributed at little or no cost to the user for enticement purposes. See crippleware.
- demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
- democratical — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- democratised — Simple past tense and past participle of democratise.
- democratiser — one who democratises
- democratized — Simple past tense and past participle of democratize.
- democratizer — a person or thing that democratizes
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demodulation — the act or process by which an output wave or signal is obtained having the characteristics of the original modulating wave or signal; the reverse of modulation
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demolishment — to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
- demoniacally — In a demoniacal manner.
- demonisation — the act of demonising
- demonization — the act of turning someone into a demon
- 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.
- demotivating — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- demotivation — the act of demotivating
- denominating — Present participle of denominate.
- denomination — A particular denomination is a particular religious group which has slightly different beliefs from other groups within the same faith.
- denominative — giving or constituting a name; naming
- denominators — Plural form of denominator.
- denormalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denormalize.
- densitometer — an instrument for measuring the optical density of a material by directing a beam of light onto the specimen and measuring its transmission or reflection
- densitometry — Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- depolymerize — to break (a polymer) into constituent monomers or (of a polymer) to decompose in this way
- derived form — derivative (def 4).
- derived-form — something that has been derived.
- dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.