14-letter words containing i, n, l, e, r
- demoralisation — Alternative spelling of demoralization.
- demoralization — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralizingly — in a demoralizing manner
- dendritic cell — a branching cell of the lymph nodes, blood, and spleen that functions as a network trapping foreign protein.
- denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- depersonalised — Simple past tense and past participle of depersonalise.
- depersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of depersonalize.
- depersonalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depersonalize.
- depolarisation — Alternative spelling of depolarization.
- depolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- derivationally — In a derivational manner.
- desirelessness — Absence of desire.
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- detail drawing — a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc
- detrimentality — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
- device control — (character) One of the four ASCII characters, DC1, DC2, DC3, and DC4, once used to remotely control equipment (e.g. a paper tape reader) via electromagnetic switches. The characters were usually paired, DC1/DC3 turning one device on/off, and DC2/DC4 another.
- dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
- diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
- differentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- differentially — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- dihedral angle — the angle between two planes in a dihedron.
- dinner trolley — a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
- directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
- directionality — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
- disciplinaries — Plural form of disciplinary.
- disconcertedly — In a disconcerted manner.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- discretionally — At one's discretion.
- discriminately — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
- disorderliness — The state or quality of being disorderly.
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- dispersal zone — a defined area in which any police or community support officer can force any group of two or more people to disperse for 24 hours
- dissertational — Resembling or pertaining to dissertations.
- diurnal circle — the apparent circle described by a heavenly body as a result of one rotation by the earth.
- diverging lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- divine liturgy — liturgy (def 5).
- door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
- drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.