12-letter words containing l, i, m, e
- delegitimise — Alternative spelling of delegitimize.
- delegitimize — to make invalid, illegal, or unacceptable
- delimitating — Present participle of delimitate.
- delimitation — delimit.
- demilitarise — (British) alternative spelling of demilitarize.
- demilitarize — To demilitarize an area means to ensure that all military forces are removed from it.
- demineralize — to remove dissolved salts from (a liquid, esp water)
- demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
- democratical — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- 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
- demolishment — to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
- demoniacally — In a demoniacal manner.
- 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.
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demutualized — Simple past tense and past participle of demutualize.
- denormalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denormalize.
- deny a claim — If an insurance company denies a claim, it refuses to pay a claim submitted by a policyholder.
- depolymerize — to break (a polymer) into constituent monomers or (of a polymer) to decompose in this way
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- desublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- determinable — able to be decided, fixed, or found out
- determinably — In a determinable way.
- determinedly — resolute; staunch: the determined defenders of the Alamo.
- devil's mark — (in witchcraft) a mark, as a scar or blemish, on the body of a person who has made a compact with a devil.
- diagrammable — able to be diagrammed or representable by a diagram
- dialecticism — the influence of dialect
- dialkylamine — (organic chemistry) Any secondary amine formed from two alkyl groups.
- diamond lane — a highway or street lane for buses and passenger vans marked with a large diamond shape on the pavement.
- diethylamide — (organic compound) The derivative of a compound formed by adding an amide group with two ethyl substituents, N(C2H5)2.
- diethylamine — (organic compound) The secondary amine (CH3CH2)2NH.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- dilettantism — the practices or characteristics of a dilettante.
- diminishable — That may be diminished.
- diminutively — In a diminutive manner.
- dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
- disablements — Plural form of disablement.
- disassembled — Simple past tense and past participle of disassemble.
- disassembler — A program for converting machine code into a low-level symbolic language.
- disassembles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disassemble.
- disembellish — (transitive) To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.
- disemboweled — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disembrangle — to disentangle (a person or thing)
- disembroiled — Simple past tense and past participle of disembroil.
- dishevelment — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- dislodgement — to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.