10-letter words containing o, i, l
- cytophilic — (of antibodies, etc) having an attraction or affinity to cells
- d'oliviera — Basil (Lewis). 1931–2011, South African-born cricketer who played for England. The South African government's refusal to admit him to the country as part of the England touring party in 1968 led to South Africa being banned from international cricket
- daemonical — Of or relating to daemons; diabolical.
- daffodilly — a daffodil
- damoiselle — a damsel
- dandelions — Plural form of dandelion.
- danish oil — a furniture oil, based on synthetic resins, that gives a soft luster.
- darlington — an industrial town in NE England in Darlington unitary authority, S Durham: developed mainly with the opening of the Stockton-Darlington railway (1825). Pop: 86 082 (2001)
- de broglie — Prince Louis Victor (lwi viktɔr). 1892–1987, French physicist, noted for his research in quantum mechanics and his development of wave mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1929
- de-isolate — to remove from isolation.
- dealbation — the process of bleaching or making white
- deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
- debonairly — In a debonair manner.
- decalogist — a person who interprets and expounds on the Ten Commandments
- decinormal — having one tenth of the strength of a standard solution
- decisional — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- declension — the inflection of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives for case, number, and gender
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- declotting — a mass or lump.
- decoctible — capable of being decocted
- decolonise — to release from the status of a colony.
- decolonize — to grant independence to (a colony)
- decolorize — to take the color out of, as by bleaching
- decompiler — (computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
- deconflict — Military. to avoid a potential clash or accident involving (nonenemy military operations, weaponry, etc.) in a particular combat area: to deconflict coalition forces from three nations. to avoid such conflict in (a combat area): to deconflict airspace.
- decoupling — the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
- decreolize — to modify (a creole language) in the direction of a standard form of the language on which most of the vocabulary of the creole is based.
- deflations — Plural form of deflation.
- deflection — The deflection of something means making it change direction.
- defoliated — Simple past tense and past participle of defoliate.
- defoliates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defoliate.
- defoliator — An adult or larval insect that strips all the leaves from a tree or shrub.
- delegation — A delegation is a group of people who have been sent somewhere to have talks with other people on behalf of a larger group of people.
- delibation — a small taste of a liquid
- deligation — the act of binding, especially with a ligature
- delineator — a tailor's pattern, adjustable for different sizes
- delinition — (obsolete) A smearing.
- deliration — delirium; madness
- dello joio — Norman, 1913–2008, U.S. composer and pianist.
- delocalize — to remove from the usual locality
- delphinoid — a member of the genus Delphinoidea, of which dolphins and porpoises are members
- delta iron — an allotrope of iron that exists between 1400°C and the melting point of iron and has the same structure as alpha iron
- deltiology — the collection and study of picture postcards
- delusional — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- demobilise — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
- demobilize — If a country or armed force demobilizes its troops, or if its troops demobilize, its troops are released from service and allowed to go home.
- demoiselle — a small crane, Anthropoides virgo, of central Asia, N Africa, and SE Europe, having grey plumage with long black breast feathers and white ear tufts
- demolished — to lay waste to; ruin utterly: The fire demolished the area.
- demolisher — One who demolishes.
- demolishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demolish.