10-letter words containing l, e, m
- de la mare — Walter (John). 1873–1956, English poet and novelist, noted esp for his evocative verse for children. His works include the volumes of poetry The Listeners and Other Poems (1912) and Peacock Pie (1913) and the novel Memoirs of a Midget (1921)
- dead metal — furniture (def 4).
- dead-metal — the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like.
- deal-maker — A deal-maker is someone in business or politics who makes deals.
- dealmakers — Plural form of dealmaker.
- dealmaking — The making of commercial, financial or political deals.
- debt limit — (in public finance) the legal maximum debt permitted a municipal, state, or national government.
- decanormal — (of a solution) containing ten equivalent weights of solute per liter of solution.
- decimalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of decimalize.
- decimalism — a method or practice based on units, divisions, or multiples of ten
- decimalist — a person who is in favour of decimalism
- decimalize — to change (a system, number, etc) to the decimal system
- decinormal — having one tenth of the strength of a standard solution
- declaiming — Present participle of declaim.
- decompiler — (computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
- decumulate — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- deemployed — to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
- defilement — to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
- deformable — to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
- delaminate — to divide or cause to divide into thin layers
- deliminate — To delimit, especially in the computing sense.
- delimitate — delimit.
- delimiters — Plural form of delimiter.
- delimiting — to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate: A ravine delimited the property on the north.
- delphinium — A delphinium is a garden plant which has a tall stem with blue flowers growing up it.
- delta team — an assault unit of highly trained and specialized U.S. troops that can be quickly dispatched to deal with terrorist action.
- demandable — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
- dementedly — crazy; insane; mad.
- demilancer — A soldier who carries a demilance.
- demirelief — mezzo-relievo.
- demisexual — (of humans) Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.
- 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.
- demodulate — to carry out demodulation on (a wave or signal)
- demoiselle — a small crane, Anthropoides virgo, of central Asia, N Africa, and SE Europe, having grey plumage with long black breast feathers and white ear tufts
- demolished — to lay waste to; ruin utterly: The fire demolished the area.
- demolisher — One who demolishes.
- demolishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demolish.
- 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.
- demonology — Demonology is a set of beliefs which says that a particular situation or group of people is evil or unacceptable.
- 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.
- demothball — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- dental dam — Also called rubber dam. a thin piece of latex placed over the tooth or teeth being treated during endodontic treatment or other dental work.
- deployment — The deployment of troops, resources, or equipment is the organization and positioning of them so that they are ready for quick action.
- derailment — A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running.
- dermatomal — Anatomy. an area of skin that is supplied with the nerve fibers of a single, posterior, spinal root.
- descramble — to restore (a scrambled signal) to an intelligible form, esp automatically by the use of electronic devices
- desmosomal — of or relating to desmosomes