12-letter words containing o, t, a, l
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation
- depositional — of or relating to a deposition
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- desalination — Desalination is the process of removing salt from sea water so that it can be used for drinking, or for watering crops.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- desolateness — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despoliation — the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- detonability — the quality of being detonable
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devolatilise — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- devolatilize — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- devotionally — In a devotional manner.
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- diarthrodial — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
- diatonically — In a diatonic manner.
- dichotically — in a dichotic manner
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- digladiation — fighting with swords or hand-to-hand
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- dilapidation — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- dilatational — a dilated formation or part.
- dilatometers — Plural form of dilatometer.
- dilatoriness — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dilucidation — elucidation
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- diplomatical — Obsolete form of diplomatic.
- diplomatists — Plural form of diplomatist.
- dipropellant — bipropellant.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- disastrously — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- disclamation — the act of disclaiming; renunciation; disavowal.
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discretional — discretionary.
- disinflation — a period or process of slowing the rate of inflation.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- dislocatedly — in a dislocated manner
- dislocations — Plural form of dislocation.
- disloyalties — Plural form of disloyalty.