12-letter words containing y, n
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystifying — Present participle of demystify.
- demythifying — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
- denitrifying — to remove nitrogen or nitrogen compounds from.
- denotatively — having power to denote.
- densitometry — Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- 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.
- deny oneself — to do without desired things
- deoxygenated — to remove oxygen from (a substance, as blood or water).
- deoxygenized — Simple past tense and past participle of deoxygenize.
- deoxymannose — rhamnose.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- descendingly — In a descending manner.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- despondently — feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.
- determinably — In a determinable way.
- determinedly — resolute; staunch: the determined defenders of the Alamo.
- detonability — the quality of being detonable
- devitrifying — Present participle of devitrify.
- devotionally — In a devotional manner.
- dialkylamine — (organic chemistry) Any secondary amine formed from two alkyl groups.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
- diatonically — In a diatonic manner.
- dicotyledons — Plural form of dicotyledon.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- 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.
- diminutively — In a diminutive manner.
- dinner money — money given to school children to buy dinner at school
- dinner party — social gathering over evening meal
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- dirty-minded — tending to have vulgar, obscene, or lewd thoughts, interpretations, etc.
- discerningly — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- discommunity — a lack of community
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- disembodying — Present participle of disembody.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disgustingly — causing disgust; offensive to the physical, moral, or aesthetic taste.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disingenuity — (obsolete) disingenuousness.
- disjointedly — In a disjointed manner.
- disloyalness — The state or quality of being disloyal.
- dismayedness — the condition of being dismayed
- dismissingly — In a dismissing manner; dismissively.