12-letter words containing l, i, t, e, d
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- de-evolution — any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
- de-stabilise — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
- de-stalinize — to eliminate the influence of Stalin from
- deallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- dearticulate — to disjoint, dislocate, or separate (something)
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- debilitating — tending to weaken or enfeeble
- debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- debilitative — producing or bringing about a weakened state
- debit policy — a policy for industrial life insurance sold door to door by an agent who collects the premiums.
- debut single — the first single produced by a particular singer or band
- decapitalise — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decapitalize — to make difficult to have or to take away stock or wealth from
- decelerating — Present participle of decelerate.
- deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
- decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralize — To decentralize government or a large organization means to move some departments away from the main administrative area, or to give more power to local departments.
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- decidability — the capability of being decided
- declamations — Plural form of declamation.
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declinations — Plural form of declination.
- declinometer — an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
- deconflicted — Simple past tense and past participle of deconflict.
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- dedicatorial — relating to or acting as a dedication
- dedolomitize — to transform (dolomite or dolomitic limestone) by separating the dolomite into calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate.
- deduplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of deduplicate.
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deescalating — Present participle of deescalate.
- defibrillate — to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current
- definability — The quality of being definable.
- definitional — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- definitively — most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
- deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
- deflectional — of or relating to deflection
- deglaciation — the process of removing glaciation
- deglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of deglutinate.
- delamination — separation into layers
- delapidation — Dated form of dilapidation.