11-letter words containing r, e, l, t
- delta force — (in the US) an élite army unit involved in counterterrorist operations abroad
- delta virus — a severe form of hepatitis caused by an incomplete virus (delta virus) that links to the hepatitis B virus for its replication.
- delusterant — a chemical agent, as titanium dioxide, used in reducing the sheen of a yarn or fabric.
- delustering — a chemical process for reducing the luster of rayon yarns by adding a finely divided pigment to the spinning solution.
- demodulator — a device used in demodulation
- demonolater — a person who worships demons
- demonolatry — the worship of demons
- dendritical — Alternative form of dendritic.
- dendrolatry — the worship of trees
- dental care — Dental care is medical care and hygiene relating to your teeth.
- deploration — the act of deploring
- depopulator — a thing that causes a decrease in population
- derailments — Plural form of derailment.
- deregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of deregulate.
- deregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deregulate.
- dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
- dermatology — the branch of medicine concerned with the skin and its diseases
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- desalinator — an apparatus used in the process of desalination
- desert palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
- desert soil — a type of soil developed in arid climates, characterized by a lack of leaching and small humus content
- desperately — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
- desterilize — to bring back from a sterile state; specif., to release (gold) from a neutralized position into an active position in the monetary system where it can support credit and monetary issues
- destroyable — Able to be destroyed.
- desulfurate — to desulfurize.
- desultorily — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- deterrently — in a deterrent manner, in a way that deters
- detribalise — Alt form detribalize.
- detribalize — to cause (members of a tribe) to lose their characteristic customs or social, religious, or other organizational features
- detrimental — Something that is detrimental to something else has a harmful or damaging effect on it.
- dexterously — skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- diametrical — of or along a diameter
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
- differently — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- dilacerated — Simple past tense and past participle of dilacerate.
- dilatometer — a device for measuring expansion caused by changes in temperature in substances.
- dinnerplate — A plate on which dinner can be served.
- direct mail — mail, usually consisting of advertising matter, appeals for donations, or the like, sent simultaneously to large numbers of possible individual customers or contributors. Abbreviation: DM.
- direct rule — Direct rule is a system in which a central government rules an area which has had its own parliament or law-making organization in the past.
- direct-dial — being a telephone or telephone system enabling long-distance calls to be direct-dialed.
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directorial — pertaining to a director or directorate.
- dirlotapide — A drug used to treat obesity in dogs.
- dirty linen — intimate secrets, esp those that might give rise to gossip
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
- discolorate — (transitive, dated) To discolor.
- disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disentrayle — to pass out as if from the entrails