11-letter words containing t, i, s
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- desensitise — to lessen the sensitiveness of.
- desensitize — To desensitize someone to things such as pain, anxiety, or other people's suffering, means to cause them to react less strongly to them.
- desert soil — a type of soil developed in arid climates, characterized by a lack of leaching and small humus content
- desertified — Simple past tense and past participle of desertify.
- desiccating — Present participle of desiccate.
- desiccation — Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
- desiccative — Causing to desiccate, dry.
- desiderated — Simple past tense and past participle of desiderate.
- desideratum — something lacked and wanted
- designating — Present participle of designate.
- designation — A designation is a description, name, or title that is given to someone or something. Designation is the fact of giving that description, name, or title.
- designative — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- designators — Plural form of designator.
- designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desinential — Terminal.
- desk editor — someone employed to read through newspaper text before publication to correct errors
- desolations — Plural form of desolation.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- despisement — contempt; despisal
- despoilment — The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
- dessication — Misspelling of desiccation.
- dessignment — design; planning
- destabilise — (transitive) To make something unstable.
- destabilize — To destabilize something such as a country or government means to create a situation which reduces its power or influence.
- destalinize — (transitive) To free from the influence of w Joseph Stalin.
- desterilize — to bring back from a sterile state; specif., to release (gold) from a neutralized position into an active position in the monetary system where it can support credit and monetary issues
- destination — The destination of someone or something is the place to which they are going or being sent.
- destitution — Destitution is the state of having no money or possessions.
- destructing — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
- desublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- desultorily — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- detasseling — Present participle of detassel.
- detectivist — a person who holds the philosophical theory of detectivism
- detectorist — a person whose hobby is using a metal detector
- deteriorism — the belief that everything is getting worse, that the universe is deteriorating or decaying
- determiners — Plural form of determiner.
- determinism — Determinism is the belief that all actions and events result from other actions, events, or situations, so people cannot in fact choose what to do.
- determinist — A determinist is someone who believes in determinism.
- detestation — intense hatred; abhorrence
- detonations — Plural form of detonation.
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- detribalise — Alt form detribalize.
- devastating — If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging.
- devastation — Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.
- devil's bit — devil's bit scabious
- devil's-bit — an eastern North American plant, Chamaelirium luteum, of the lily family, having a dense, drooping spike of small white flowers.