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13-letter words containing n, e, o, d

  • deteriorating — Become progressively worse.
  • deterioration — the act or process of deteriorating.
  • determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
  • determinators — determiner (def 1).
  • deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
  • deuteranomaly — a milder form of deuteranopia; partial deuteranopia
  • deuteronomist — one of the writers of Deuteronomy
  • developmental — Developmental means relating to the development of someone or something.
  • devirgination — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
  • devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
  • devotionalist — a devotee
  • dexamethasone — a type of powerful steroid, used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant
  • dexterousness — The state or quality of being dexterous.
  • diagnosticate — (archaic, transitive) To make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
  • dialling code — A dialling code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before a particular telephone number if you are making a call to that place from a different area.
  • dialling tone — The dialling tone is the noise which you hear when you pick up a telephone receiver and which means that you can dial the number you want.
  • diamond snake — a python, Morelia argus, of Australia and New Guinea, with yellow diamond-shaped markings
  • diamond state — Delaware (used as a nickname).
  • diaphanometer — an instrument used to measure transparency, esp of the atmosphere
  • diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
  • diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
  • dieselization — The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel.
  • diffarreation — (historical) A form of divorce, among the Ancient Romans, in which a cake was used.
  • digitoxigenin — a steroid derived from digitalis, used in certain cardiac drug treatments
  • digressionary — Serving as a digression.
  • diiodomethane — methylene iodide.
  • dimensionally — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
  • dimensionless — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
  • dinitrogenase — (enzyme) One of two enzymes which, together with ATP, catalyze the reduction of molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
  • dinitrophenol — any of the six isomers consisting of phenol where two hydrogen atoms are substituted by nitro groups, C 6 H 4 N 2 O 5 , used in dyes and wood preservatives, and in biochemistry to uncouple oxidative phosphorylation.
  • dip one's lid — to raise one's hat as a greeting, etc
  • diphenoxylate — a substance, C 30 H 32 N 2 O 2 , used in the form of its hydrochloride in the treatment of diarrhea.
  • diphthongized — Simple past tense and past participle of diphthongize.
  • dipole moment — electric dipole moment.
  • direct action — any action seeking to achieve an immediate or direct result, especially an action against an established authority or powerful institution, as a strike or picketing.
  • direct motion — the movement of a celestial body (as seen from the earth) from east to west across the sky
  • directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
  • directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
  • disallowances — Plural form of disallowance.
  • disaster zone — area affected by a catastrophe
  • disconcerting — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
  • disconcertion — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
  • disconnecting — Present participle of disconnect.
  • disconnection — the act of disconnecting.
  • disconsolated — Obsolete form of disconsolate.
  • discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
  • discounselled — lacking support or counsel
  • discount rate — the rate of interest charged in discounting commercial paper.
  • discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • disembodiment — to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
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