11-letter words containing n, e, r, d
- day-neutral — (of plants) having an ability to mature and bloom that is not affected by day length
- daydreaming — indulgence in daydreams
- dde manager — An Oracle product that lets Microsoft Windows applications that support the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) protocol act as front end tools for Oracle. It allows applications like Excel, Word, Ami Professional, WingZ and ToolBook to query, update, graph and report information stored in Oracle.
- de la renta — Oscar, 1932–2014, U.S. fashion designer, born in the Dominican Republic.
- de-energize — to disconnect (an electrical circuit) from its source
- dead center — the position of maximum (top dead center) or minimum (bottom dead center) extension of a crank and a connecting rod, in which both are in the same straight line
- dead centre — the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
- dead firing — firing of a furnace or boiler at less than normal operating temperature in order to maintain conditions desirable during a period of idleness.
- dead ringer — a person or thing that closely resembles another; ringer: That old car is a dead ringer for the one we used to own.
- dead-reckon — to calculate (one's position) by means of dead reckoning.
- death grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a grant payable to a relative, executor, etc, after the death of a person
- debarkation — Disembarkation.
- debridement — the surgical removal of dead tissue or cellular debris from the surface of a wound
- debriefings — Plural form of debriefing.
- debt burden — A debt burden is a large amount of money that one country or organization owes to another and which they find very difficult to repay.
- debt-ridden — Debt-ridden countries, companies, or people owe extremely large amounts of money.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
- decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
- decennaries — Plural form of decennary.
- decentering — to put out of center.
- deciphering — Present participle of decipher.
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declarement — (obsolete) declaration.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- decoherence — the process in which a system's behaviour changes from that which can be explained by quantum mechanics to that which can be explained by classical mechanics
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- deconstruct — In philosophy and literary criticism, to deconstruct an idea or text means to show the contradictions in its meaning, and to show how it does not fully explain what it claims to explain.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decree nisi — A decree nisi is an order made by a court which states that a divorce must take place at a certain time in the future unless a good reason is produced to prevent this.
- decremental — relating to a small amount that is taken away
- decremented — Simple past tense and past participle of decrement.
- decrescendo — with a gradual decrease in loudness; diminuendo: often used as a musical direction: symbol 57381
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- deenergized — to deprive of electrical energy or exhaust the electrical energy from: Turning off the ignition de-energizes the spark plugs.
- deep-frozen — to quick-freeze (food).
- deferential — Someone who is deferential is polite and respectful towards someone else.
- defibrinate — to divest of fibrin or the protein formed in blood during clotting
- defloration — the act of deflowering
- deflowering — Present participle of deflower.
- deforcement — (legal) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
- deforesting — Present participle of deforest.
- deformation — the act of deforming; distortion
- degendering — to free from any association with or dependence on gender: to degenderize employment policies.
- degenderize — to free from any association with or dependence on gender: to degenderize employment policies.
- degenerated — to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate: The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
- degenerates — Plural form of degenerate.