15-letter words containing n, e, d, f
- decalcification — the act or process of decalcifying.
- decertification — The act or process of decertifying.
- declare oneself — to state strongly one's opinion
- dedifferentiate — to undergo the process of dedifferentiation
- defect analysis — (programming) Using defects as data for continuous quality improvement. Defect analysis generally seeks to classify defects into categories and identify possible causes in order to direct process improvement efforts.
- defence counsel — a barrister or group of barristers responsible for defending someone on trial
- defencelessness — The state or condition of being defenceless.
- defenselessness — The characteristic of being defenseless; vulnerability.
- defined-benefit — denoting an occupational pension scheme that guarantees a specified payout, usually based on an employee's final salary and years of service
- defining moment — a point at which the essential nature or character of a person, group, etc., is revealed or identified.
- definite clause — (logic) A Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- definitive host — the organism on or in which a parasite lives in the adult stage
- deflection yoke — an assembly of one or more coils through which a controlled current is passed to produce a magnetic field for deflecting a beam of electrons, as in a picture tube.
- deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
- defragmentation — (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
- defunct process — zombie process
- demassification — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystification — to rid of mystery or obscurity; clarify: to demystify medical procedures.
- demythification — the act of demythifying
- denitrification — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
- desertification — Desertification is the process by which a piece of land becomes dry, empty, and unsuitable for growing trees or crops on.
- despecification — The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
- dessertspoonful — You can refer to an amount of food resting on a dessertspoon as a dessertspoonful of food.
- desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
- devitrification — The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
- dexfenfluramine — an adrenergic drug, a form of fenfluramine, formerly used in treating obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- dezincification — removal of zinc.
- difference ring — a ring whose elements are cosets with respect to a given ideal.
- differentiating — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
- differentiation — Biology. the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to specialized kinds, during development.
- differentiative — That differentiates, or causes differentiation.
- differentiators — Plural form of differentiator.
- dinoflagellates — Plural form of dinoflagellate.
- disaffectionate — not affectionate
- disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.
- disenfranchised — to disfranchise.
- disenfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disenfranchise.
- disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
- distastefulness — The state or quality of being distasteful or objectionable; causing averseness; unpleasantness.
- distressfulness — The state or quality of being distressful; the state of having or causing anxiety or strain.
- distrustfulness — The state or quality of being distrustful or doubtful; distrust; mistrust.
- diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
- dna fingerprint — the use of a DNA probe for the identification of an individual, as for the matching of genes from a forensic sample with those of a criminal suspect.
- do oneself well — to achieve success for oneself
- drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
- drink deep (of) — to take in a large amount (of) by or as by drinking
- edict of nantes — a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- editor in chief — the policy-making executive or principal editor of a publishing house, publication, etc.