12-letter words containing t, a, c, o, n
- deactivation — The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb.
- dead account — an account that is no longer being used and on which no transactions have taken place for a considerable length of time
- deallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- death notice — a public announcement, e.g. in a newspaper, that someone has died
- decapitation — to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
- decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
- deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
- decentration — The removal of something from a centre.
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- declamations — Plural form of declamation.
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declinations — Plural form of declination.
- decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
- decompensate — to undergo decompensation due to disease or impairment
- decongestant — A decongestant is a medicine which helps someone who has a cold to breathe more easily.
- deconsecrate — to transfer (a church) to secular use
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- deexcitation — to cause (an atom) to fall from an excited energy level to a lower energy level.
- deflectional — of or relating to deflection
- deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
- deglaciation — the process of removing glaciation
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
- demiromantic — Lb neologism Romantically attracted to people only after forming deep emotional bonds.
- denunciation — Denunciation of someone or something is severe public criticism of them.
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- deracination — to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- detectaphone — a device for listening secretly to others' telephone conversations
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- detoxicating — Present participle of detoxicate.
- detoxication — Biochemistry. the metabolic process by which toxins are changed into less toxic or more readily excretable substances.
- diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
- diatonically — In a diatonic manner.
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- dictionarist — (rare) a person who creates dictionaries.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
- dijudication — the act or process of dijudicating
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- dilucidation — elucidation
- disaccordant — not agreeing
- disaffection — the absence or alienation of affection or goodwill; estrangement; disloyalty: Disaffection often leads to outright treason.
- discarnation — without a physical body; incorporeal.
- disceptation — (archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.
- disclamation — the act of disclaiming; renunciation; disavowal.
- disconsolate — without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- disconsonant — Not consonant; discordant.