10-letter words containing l, i, n, d
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- declotting — a mass or lump.
- decolonise — to release from the status of a colony.
- decolonize — to grant independence to (a colony)
- deconflict — Military. to avoid a potential clash or accident involving (nonenemy military operations, weaponry, etc.) in a particular combat area: to deconflict coalition forces from three nations. to avoid such conflict in (a combat area): to deconflict airspace.
- decoupling — the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
- defaulting — guilty of a failure to act, esp a failure to meet a financial obligation
- defensible — An opinion, system, or action that is defensible is one that people can argue is right or good.
- defensibly — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
- defilading — Present participle of defilade.
- defilement — to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
- definately — Misspelling of definitely.
- definitely — You use definitely to emphasize that something is the case, or to emphasize the strength of your intention or opinion.
- deflations — Plural form of deflation.
- deflecting — Present participle of deflect.
- deflection — The deflection of something means making it change direction.
- defuelling — combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- delaminate — to divide or cause to divide into thin layers
- delay line — a device in which a known delay time is introduced in the transmission of a signal. An acoustic delay line delays a sound wave by circulating it through a liquid or solid medium
- delayering — Delayering is the process of simplifying the administrative structure of a large organization in order to make it more efficient.
- delegating — Present participle of delegate.
- delegation — A delegation is a group of people who have been sent somewhere to have talks with other people on behalf of a larger group of people.
- delibation — a small taste of a liquid
- deligating — Present participle of deligate.
- deligation — the act of binding, especially with a ligature
- delighting — a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.
- deliminate — To delimit, especially in the computing sense.
- delimiting — to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate: A ravine delimited the property on the north.
- delineated — to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
- delineates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delineate.
- delineator — a tailor's pattern, adjustable for different sizes
- delineavit — (he or she) drew it: used formerly on prints alongside the name of the artist of the original drawing
- delinition — (obsolete) A smearing.
- delinquent — Someone, usually a young person, who is delinquent repeatedly commits minor crimes.
- deliration — delirium; madness
- delivering — Present participle of deliver.
- 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.).