11-letter words containing s, d, e, i
- derailleurs — Plural form of derailleur.
- derailments — Plural form of derailment.
- derecognise — Alternative spelling of derecognize.
- derivations — Plural form of derivation.
- derivatives — of or relating to financial derivatives
- derogations — Plural form of derogation.
- des plaines — city in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 59,000
- desacralize — to render less sacred; to secularize
- desalinated — Simple past tense and past participle of desalinate.
- desalinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desalinate.
- desalinator — an apparatus used in the process of desalination
- desalinized — Simple past tense and past participle of desalinize.
- desalinizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desalinize.
- descamisado — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- descendible — capable of being inherited
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- descloizite — a mineral, lead zinc vanadate.
- describable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- descriptive — Descriptive language or writing indicates what someone or something is like.
- descriptors — Plural form of descriptor.
- desecrating — Present participle of desecrate.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- desensitise — to lessen the sensitiveness of.
- desensitize — To desensitize someone to things such as pain, anxiety, or other people's suffering, means to cause them to react less strongly to them.
- deserialize — (transitive, computing) To parse (serialized data) so as to reconstruct the original object.
- deserpidine — a drug extracted from the plant Rauwolfia canescens, used to block the flow of or reaction to adrenaline, and thus useful as a tranquilizer or to treat hypertensivity
- desert soil — a type of soil developed in arid climates, characterized by a lack of leaching and small humus content
- desertified — Simple past tense and past participle of desertify.
- deservingly — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- desexualise — Alternative spelling of desexualize.
- desexualize — to deprive of sexual characteristics by the surgical removal of the testicles or ovaries; castrate or spay
- deshielding — (physics, chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is strengthened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei.
- desiccating — Present participle of desiccate.
- desiccation — Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
- desiccative — Causing to desiccate, dry.
- desiderated — Simple past tense and past participle of desiderate.
- desideratum — something lacked and wanted
- designating — Present participle of designate.
- designation — A designation is a description, name, or title that is given to someone or something. Designation is the fact of giving that description, name, or title.
- designative — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- designators — Plural form of designator.
- designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desilverize — to extract silver from (metal)
- desinential — Terminal.
- desipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant drug
- desiredness — to wish or long for; crave; want.
- desk copier — a photocopier compact enough to fit on a desk, table, or similar surface.
- desk editor — someone employed to read through newspaper text before publication to correct errors
- desmodromic — (of mechanisms, almost exclusively of valves) that are controlled in both directions of their movement. A desmodromic valve is one which is actively both opened and closed by a mechanism rather than by a spring