13-letter words containing n, o, s, d
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- cytodiagnosis — the diagnosis of disease through the study of cells in the body
- dalton system — a method of progressive education whereby students contract to carry through on their own responsibility the year's work as divided up into monthly assignments.
- damson cheese — thick damson jam
- dance hostess — a woman who hosts a ball at her house
- dancing shoes — shoes worn by dancers
- dangerousness — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
- darling downs — a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland: a vast agricultural and stock-raising area
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- deaccessioned — Simple past tense and past participle of deaccession.
- decapitations — Plural form of decapitation.
- deciduousness — The state or condition of being deciduous; the quality of trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
- decision time — a time at which an important decision must be taken
- decision tree — a treelike diagram illustrating the choices available to a decision maker, each possible decision and its estimated outcome being shown as a separate branch of the tree
- decisionmaker — One who makes decisions.
- declinometers — Plural form of declinometer.
- decommissions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decommission.
- decompensated — Simple past tense and past participle of decompensate.
- decompensates — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decomposition — Decomposition is the process of decay that takes place when a living thing changes chemically after dying.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
- decompression — Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air.
- decongestants — Plural form of decongestant.
- deconsecrated — (of a church) having been transferred to secular use
- deconsecrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconsecrate.
- deconstructed — having no formal structure
- deconstructor — an adherent to the theory of deconstruction
- deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deer's-tongue — green gentian.
- defloration's — the act of deflowering.
- deforestation — to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- deipnosophist — a person who is a master of dinner-table conversation
- deliberations — formal discussion and debate, as of a committee, jury, etc
- deliciousness — highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste or smell: a delicious dinner; a delicious aroma.
- delimitations — Plural form of delimitation.
- deliriousness — The characteristic of being delirious.
- demimondaines — Plural form of demimondaine.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- demolitionist — an act or instance of demolishing.
- demonstrating — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- demonstration — A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
- demonstrative — Someone who is demonstrative shows affection freely and openly.
- demonstrators — a person or thing that demonstrates.
- demonstratory — having the quality of demonstrating
- denationalise — Alternative spelling of denationalize.
- denaturations — Plural form of denaturation.