14-letter words containing s, d, e
- dependableness — Dependability.
- depersonalised — Simple past tense and past participle of depersonalise.
- depersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of depersonalize.
- depersonalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depersonalize.
- deplorableness — The state or quality of being deplorable.
- depolarisation — Alternative spelling of depolarization.
- depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
- depressed area — a region where unemployment and a low standard of living prevail.
- depressiveness — The state of being depressive.
- depressurizing — Present participle of depressurize.
- depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
- deputy sheriff — a person that is authorized to act as sheriff in certain circumstances
- deregistration — The process of which an employee is removed from work registrant status.
- derivativeness — the quality of being derivative
- dermatologists — Plural form of dermatologist.
- dermatomycoses — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
- dermatomycosis — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
- desalinisation — Removal of salt and other minerals from water; desalination.
- desalinization — desalt.
- descartes' law — Snell's law.
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- desert culture — the nomadic hunting, fishing, and gathering preagricultural post-Pleistocene phase in the American West, characterized by an efficient exploitation of varied natural resources that was continued by Amerindian cultures into historic times.
- desert varnish — the dark, lustrous coating or crust, usually of manganese and iron oxides, that forms on rocks, pebbles, etc., when exposed to weathering in the desert.
- design pattern — (programming) A description of an object-oriented design technique which names, abstracts and identifies aspects of a design structure that are useful for creating an object-oriented design. The design pattern identifies classes and instances, their roles, collaborations and responsibilities. Each design pattern focuses on a particular object-oriented design problem or issue. It describes when it applies, whether it can be applied in the presence of other design constraints, and the consequences and trade-offs of its use.
- desirelessness — Absence of desire.
- despicableness — The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.
- despiritualize — to render less spiritual; to remove the spiritual character of; to make more material
- despitefulness — The state or quality of being despiteful.
- despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
- dessert cherry — the fruit of a cherry tree
- destigmatizing — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- destructionist — a person who believes in destruction, esp of social institutions
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- desynchronized — Simple past tense and past participle of desynchronize.
- detached house — a house that is not joined to any other house
- deteriorations — Plural form of deterioration.
- determinations — Plural form of determination.
- determinatives — Plural form of determinative.
- determinedness — The state or quality of being determined.
- detestableness — The state or quality of being detestable.
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- deuteromycetes — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
- devaluationist — a person, as an economist, who advocates the devaluation of a currency.
- devil's island — one of the three Safety Islands, off the coast of French Guiana: formerly a leper colony, then a French penal colony from 1895 until 1938. Area: less than 2 sq km (1 sq mile)
- devil's tattoo — a rapid or nervous drumming with the fingers or feet
- devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
- diabolicalness — The state or quality of being diabolical.
- diadokokinesia — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- diadokokinesis — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised