14-letter words containing r, i, t, l
- diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
- differentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- differentially — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- digital camera — a camera that records images in digital form by means of a device that converts the optical image to an electrical signal.
- dimethyl ether — Dimethyl ether is a compound used as a propellant in aerosol canisters.
- dinner trolley — a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
- directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
- directionality — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- disarticulated — Simple past tense and past participle of disarticulate.
- disceptatorial — disputable
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
- discerpibility — the quality of being able to be discerped
- disciplinarity — The quality of being an academic discipline.
- discolorations — Plural form of discoloration.
- discolouration — (UK) alternative spelling of discoloration.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconcertedly — In a disconcerted manner.
- discourteously — In a discourteous manner.
- discretionally — At one's discretion.
- discriminately — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disequilibrate — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
- disinthralling — the act of freedom from thraldom
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- dispersibility — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- disprovability — The ability to be disproven; refutability.
- disrespectable — not respectable.
- dissertational — Resembling or pertaining to dissertations.
- distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
- distributively — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
- distrustful of — suspicious of; having no confidence in
- diurnal motion — the apparent daily motion, caused by the earth's rotation, of celestial bodies across the sky.
- diverticulated — having diverticula
- diverticulitis — inflammation of one or more diverticula, characterized by abdominal pain, fever, and changes in bowel movements.
- diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
- divine liturgy — liturgy (def 5).
- do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- draggle-tailed — untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
- driftless area — a tract of land that was once surrounded but never covered by a continental glacier, consequently having no glacial deposits.
- drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
- drop-down list — pull-down list
- drummond light — calcium light.
- dunning letter — a letter pressing someone for payment
- duplex printer — a printer that can make double-sided printouts