11-letter words containing n, d
- dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
- derivations — Plural form of derivation.
- dermapteran — any insect of the order Dermaptera, the earwigs
- dermatozoon — any microscopic animal or protozoan living as a parasite on or in the skin of the host.
- dermopteran — flying lemur
- dernier cri — the latest fashion; the last word
- derogations — Plural form of derogation.
- derrickhand — A derrickhand is a member of the drilling crew who works on a platform above the rig floor and handles the drillpipe.
- des plaines — city in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 59,000
- désagrément — something disagreeable
- desalinated — Simple past tense and past participle of desalinate.
- desalinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desalinate.
- desalinator — an apparatus used in the process of desalination
- desalinized — Simple past tense and past participle of desalinize.
- desalinizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desalinize.
- descendancy — Lb uncountable The quality or condition of being a descendant.
- descendants — a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
- descendence — The act of descending.
- descendency — The property of descendence.
- descendents — Misspelling of descendants.
- descendible — capable of being inherited
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- desecrating — Present participle of desecrate.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- desensitise — to lessen the sensitiveness of.
- desensitize — To desensitize someone to things such as pain, anxiety, or other people's suffering, means to cause them to react less strongly to them.
- deserpidine — a drug extracted from the plant Rauwolfia canescens, used to block the flow of or reaction to adrenaline, and thus useful as a tranquilizer or to treat hypertensivity
- deservingly — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- deshielding — (physics, chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is strengthened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei.
- desiccating — Present participle of desiccate.
- desiccation — Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
- designating — Present participle of designate.
- designation — A designation is a description, name, or title that is given to someone or something. Designation is the fact of giving that description, name, or title.
- designative — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- designators — Plural form of designator.
- designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desinential — Terminal.
- desipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant drug
- desiredness — to wish or long for; crave; want.
- desolations — Plural form of desolation.
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- despisement — contempt; despisal
- despisingly — in a despising manner; contemptuously
- despoilment — The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
- despondence — state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection.
- despondency — Despondency is a strong feeling of unhappiness caused by difficulties which you feel you cannot overcome.
- dessication — Misspelling of desiccation.