12-letter words containing y, e, a
- delayed drop — a parachute descent with the opening of the parachute delayed, usually for a predetermined period
- deliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- delivery van — a small van used esp for delivery rounds
- delray beach — a city in SE Florida.
- delta rhythm — the normal electrical activity of the cerebral cortex during deep sleep, occurring at a frequency of 1 to 4 hertz and detectable with an electroencephalograph
- delusionally — In a delusional way.
- demoniacally — In a demoniacal manner.
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- denotatively — having power to denote.
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- deny a claim — If an insurance company denies a claim, it refuses to pay a claim submitted by a policyholder.
- deoxygenated — to remove oxygen from (a substance, as blood or water).
- deoxymannose — rhamnose.
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- derivability — The condition of being derivable.
- derivatively — derived.
- dermatophyte — any parasitic fungus that affects the skin
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- desirability — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- determinably — In a determinable way.
- detonability — the quality of being detonable
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- devotionally — In a devotional manner.
- dextrogyrate — having dextrorotation
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- dialkylamine — (organic chemistry) Any secondary amine formed from two alkyl groups.
- diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
- dicarpellary — having two carpels
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- diet pyramid — food pyramid (def 2).
- dietetically — In a dietetical manner.
- diethylamide — (organic compound) The derivative of a compound formed by adding an amide group with two ethyl substituents, N(C2H5)2.
- diethylamine — (organic compound) The secondary amine (CH3CH2)2NH.
- diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
- dillydallies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dillydally.
- dinner party — social gathering over evening meal
- dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
- disagreeably — In a disagreeable manner.
- dislocatedly — in a dislocated manner
- disloyalness — The state or quality of being disloyal.
- disloyalties — Plural form of disloyalty.
- dismayedness — the condition of being dismayed