11-letter words containing l, i, t, s
- desert soil — a type of soil developed in arid climates, characterized by a lack of leaching and small humus content
- desinential — Terminal.
- desolations — Plural form of desolation.
- despoilment — The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
- destabilise — (transitive) To make something unstable.
- destabilize — To destabilize something such as a country or government means to create a situation which reduces its power or influence.
- destalinize — (transitive) To free from the influence of w Joseph Stalin.
- desterilize — to bring back from a sterile state; specif., to release (gold) from a neutralized position into an active position in the monetary system where it can support credit and monetary issues
- desublimate — 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.
- desultorily — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- detasseling — Present participle of detassel.
- detribalise — Alt form detribalize.
- devil's bit — devil's bit scabious
- devil's-bit — an eastern North American plant, Chamaelirium luteum, of the lily family, having a dense, drooping spike of small white flowers.
- devitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitalize.
- devotionals — Plural form of devotional.
- dialogistic — a speaker in a dialogue.
- dictyostele — a form of stele found in some ferns, containing so many gaps that it is like a network of separate strands
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- digestional — the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.
- digestively — In a digestive manner; by means of digestion.
- digitalised — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digitalises — any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
- dilatations — Plural form of dilatation.
- dilettantes — Plural form of dilettante.
- diluvialist — a person who believes in the theory of diluvialism
- diplomatese — the type of language or jargon used by diplomats, thought to be excessively complicated, cautious, or vague
- diplomatics — the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like.
- diplomatist — British Older Use. a Foreign Office employee officially engaged as a diplomat.
- disablement — to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb. He was disabled by the accident.
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
- discalceate — (chiefly of members of certain religious orders) without shoes; unshod; barefoot.
- discolorate — (transitive, dated) To discolor.
- disculpated — Simple past tense and past participle of disculpate.
- disentailed — Simple past tense and past participle of disentail.
- disentangle — Free (something or someone) from an entanglement; extricate.
- disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disentitled — Simple past tense and past participle of disentitle.
- disentrayle — to pass out as if from the entrails
- disgruntled — displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish: Her disgruntled husband refused to join us.
- disgruntles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disgruntle.
- disgustedly — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- dishonestly — In a dishonest manner.
- dislocating — Present participle of dislocate.
- dislocation — an act or instance of dislocating.
- dislodgment — Alternative form of dislodgement.
- dismantling — Present participle of dismantle.
- disparately — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
- displanting — Present participle of displant.