11-letter words containing t, e, n, d, r
- dead centre — the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
- death grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a grant payable to a relative, executor, etc, after the death of a person
- debarkation — Disembarkation.
- debridement — the surgical removal of dead tissue or cellular debris from the surface of a wound
- debt burden — A debt burden is a large amount of money that one country or organization owes to another and which they find very difficult to repay.
- debt-ridden — Debt-ridden countries, companies, or people owe extremely large amounts of money.
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
- decentering — to put out of center.
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declarement — (obsolete) declaration.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- deconstruct — In philosophy and literary criticism, to deconstruct an idea or text means to show the contradictions in its meaning, and to show how it does not fully explain what it claims to explain.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decremental — relating to a small amount that is taken away
- decremented — Simple past tense and past participle of decrement.
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- deferential — Someone who is deferential is polite and respectful towards someone else.
- defibrinate — to divest of fibrin or the protein formed in blood during clotting
- defloration — the act of deflowering
- deforcement — (legal) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
- deforesting — Present participle of deforest.
- deformation — the act of deforming; distortion
- degenerated — to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate: The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
- degenerates — Plural form of degenerate.
- degerminate — degerm (def 2).
- degradation — You use degradation to refer to a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality.
- degranulate — (of a cell) lose or release granules of a substance, typically as part of an immune reaction.
- dehortation — an exhortation against a course of action
- dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
- dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
- deintegrate — (obsolete) To disintegrate.
- delibration — (obsolete, uncountable) The act of stripping off bark.
- delineators — Plural form of delineator.
- delineatory — That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.
- delusterant — a chemical agent, as titanium dioxide, used in reducing the sheen of a yarn or fabric.
- delustering — a chemical process for reducing the luster of rayon yarns by adding a finely divided pigment to the spinning solution.
- demarcating — Present participle of demarcate.
- demarcation — Demarcation is the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
- demarkation — the determining and marking off of the boundaries of something.
- demarketing — advertising that urges the public to limit the consumption of a product, as at a time of shortage.
- demi-hunter — a watch having a hinged case with a hole in the lid permitting the time to be seen even when the lid is closed.
- demigration — moving from one place to another
- demonolater — a person who worships demons
- demonolatry — the worship of demons
- demonstrant — demonstrator (def 2).
- demonstrate — If you demonstrate a particular skill, quality, or feeling, you show by your actions that you have it.
- denaturated — Simple past tense and past participle of denaturate.