12-letter words containing r, e, l, i
- deliberating — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- deliberative — A deliberative institution or procedure has the power or the right to make important decisions.
- deliverables — items named in a contract, course, or project that must be delivered for its successful completion
- deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
- delivery boy — a boy or youth who delivers merchandise for a store, as to the homes or offices of customers.
- delivery van — a small van used esp for delivery rounds
- della robbia — ˈLu‧ca (ˈlukɑ ) ; lo̅oˈkä) 1400?-82; Florentine sculptor & worker in enameled terra cotta: member of a family of artists
- demilitarise — (British) alternative spelling of demilitarize.
- demilitarize — To demilitarize an area means to ensure that all military forces are removed from it.
- demineralize — to remove dissolved salts from (a liquid, esp water)
- democratical — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralizing — If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
- denaturalize — to deprive of nationality
- dendrologist — the branch of botany dealing with trees and shrubs.
- denormalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denormalize.
- dentirostral — (of birds) having a toothed beak
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- depolymerize — to break (a polymer) into constituent monomers or (of a polymer) to decompose in this way
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- depressively — In a depressive manner.
- deracialized — Simple past tense and past participle of deracialize.
- deradicalise — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
- deradicalize — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
- deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
- deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
- derelictions — Plural form of dereliction.
- derivability — The condition of being derivable.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- derivatively — derived.
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- 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.
- desacralized — Simple past tense and past participle of desacralize.
- desacralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desacralize.
- desirability — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- destabilizer — a person who or a thing that destabilizes
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- desulfurized — Simple past tense and past participle of desulfurize.
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- determinable — able to be decided, fixed, or found out
- determinably — In a determinable way.
- determinedly — resolute; staunch: the determined defenders of the Alamo.
- detribalized — Simple past tense and past participle of detribalize.
- devil's grip — pleurodynia (def 2).
- devil's mark — (in witchcraft) a mark, as a scar or blemish, on the body of a person who has made a compact with a devil.