13-letter words containing s, r, t
- 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.
- 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.
- demonstrators — a person or thing that demonstrates.
- demonstratory — having the quality of demonstrating
- denaturations — Plural form of denaturation.
- 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.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- depressomotor — retarding motor activity
- depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
- 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.
- dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- dermoskeleton — (anatomy) An exoskeleton.
- 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 cooler — (in India) a cooling device in which air is driven by an electric fan through wet grass
- desert island — A desert island is a small tropical island, where nobody lives.
- desert locust — a migratory locust, Schistocerca gregaria, of North Africa and Asia, associated with the plagues described in the Old Testament.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- desertization — the processes by which an area becomes a desert.
- desperateness — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
- dessert apple — an eating apple; an apple that can be eaten raw
- dessert knife — a knife used during the dessert course, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner knife.
- dessert spoon — A dessert spoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
- dessertspoons — Plural form of dessertspoon.
- 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.
- determinators — determiner (def 1).
- deterministic — Deterministic ideas or explanations are based on determinism.
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist