13-letter words containing s, e, r, i, d
- demeritorious — a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency: If you receive four demerits during a term, you will be expelled from school.
- demilitarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demilitarize.
- demineralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demineralize.
- demochristian — a member or supporter of a Christian democratic party or movement
- demonstrating — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- demonstration — A demonstration is a march or gathering which people take part in to show their opposition to something or their support for something.
- demonstrative — Someone who is demonstrative shows affection freely and openly.
- denaturations — Plural form of denaturation.
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- densitometers — Plural form of densitometer.
- densitometric — Of or pertaining to densitometry.
- dental caries — cavity formation in teeth caused by bacteria that attach to teeth and form acids in the presence of sucrose, other sugars, and refined starches; tooth decay.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- deodorisation — Alternative form of deodorization.
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- depressurized — Simple past tense and past participle of depressurize.
- depressurizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depressurize.
- derealisation — Alternative form of derealization.
- derequisition — to release from military to civilian use
- derivationist — a person who believes that it is possible to derive knowledge of what is good for humans from a metaphysical study of humans themselves
- dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
- dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- desacralizing — Present participle of desacralize.
- descriptively — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- descriptivism — the theory that moral utterances have a truth value
- descriptivist — a writer, teacher, or supporter of descriptive grammar or descriptive linguistics.
- descriptivity — The quality or state of being descriptive.
- desegregating — Present participle of desegregate.
- desegregation — the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.
- desert island — A desert island is a small tropical island, where nobody lives.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- desertization — the processes by which an area becomes a desert.
- deservingness — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- designer baby — People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby.
- designer drug — any of various narcotic or hallucinogenic substances manufactured illegally from a range of chemicals
- designer gene — a gene altered or created by genetic engineering, especially for use in gene therapy.
- desirableness — The quality of being desirable.
- dessert knife — a knife used during the dessert course, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner knife.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- destructively — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
- destructivism — the theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole
- destructivist — a person who holds to the theory of destructivism
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- desultoriness — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- desynchronize — Disturb the synchronization of; put out of step or phase.
- determinators — determiner (def 1).