14-letter words containing s, d, e
- deconstruction — a technique of literary analysis that regards meaning as resulting from the differences between words rather than their reference to the things they stand for. Different meanings are discovered by taking apart the structure of the language used and exposing the assumption that words have a fixed reference point beyond themselves
- deconstructive — of or relating to deconstruction
- decontaminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decontaminate.
- decorated shed — a contemporary design concept characterized by buildings generally of purely utilitarian design but with fronts intended to give them more grandeur or to announce their functions.
- decorativeness — The condition of being decorative.
- decriminalised — to eliminate criminal penalties for or remove legal restrictions against: to decriminalize marijuana.
- decriminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalize.
- deep structure — a representation of a sentence at a level where logical or grammatical relations are made explicit, before transformational rules have been applied
- deep-sea diver — a person who takes part in deep-sea diving
- defect density — (programming) The ratio of the number of defects to program length.
- defence forces — the armed services of a country
- defenestrating — Present participle of defenestrate.
- defenestration — the act of throwing someone out of a window
- defensive back — a defender positioned off the line of scrimmage for the purpose of covering pass receivers and tackling runners who elude linemen and linebackers.
- deferred share — a share of stock on which a dividend is not paid until some fixed date or until some conditional event.
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- definitiveness — most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
- degenerateness — The state or quality of being degenerate.
- dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
- dehydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate.
- deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
- deinstallation — The process of deinstalling.
- delaney clause — an amendment to a 1958 Federal law, prohibiting the use of any food additive found to cause cancer in people or animals
- delayed speech — a speech disorder of children in which the levels of intelligibility, vocabulary, complexity of utterance, etc., are significantly below the levels considered standard for a particular age.
- delectableness — The state or quality of being delectable.
- deliberateness — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- delightfulness — The state or quality of being delightful.
- delivery suite — the area in a hospital where babies are delivered
- delta aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
- demand deposit — a bank deposit from which withdrawals may be made without notice
- dematerialised — Simple past tense and past participle of dematerialise.
- dematerializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dematerialize.
- demerara sugar — Demerara sugar is a type of brown sugar. It is made from sugar cane that is grown in the West Indies.
- demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
- demisemiquaver — a note having the time value of one thirty-second of a semibreve
- demobilisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of demobilization.
- demolitionists — Plural form of demolitionist.
- demonstratable — Alternative form of demonstrable.
- demonstrations — Plural form of demonstration.
- demonstratives — Plural form of demonstrative.
- demoralisation — Alternative spelling of demoralization.
- demythologised — Simple past tense and past participle of demythologise.
- denationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of denationalise.
- denmark strait — a channel between SE Greenland and Iceland, linking the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic
- dennis ritchie — (person) Dennis M. Ritchie, co-author of the Unix operating system, inventor of the C programming language and demigod. See also K&R, Core War, If you want X, you know where to find it.
- dental records — records produced during a dental examination and recording the state of a patient's teeth
- dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
- dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
- deoxyadenosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to adenosine.
- deoxyguanosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to guanosine.