13-letter words containing es
- defectiveness — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
- defenestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of defenestrate.
- defenestrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defenestrate.
- defenselessly — In a defenseless manner.
- defensiveness — serving to defend; protective: defensive armament.
- defervescence — the abatement of a fever
- defervescency — Alternative form of defervescence.
- deficientness — the state or quality of being deficient
- deforestation — to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years.
- delicatessens — Plural form of delicatessen.
- deliciousness — highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste or smell: a delicious dinner; a delicious aroma.
- delightedness — The quality of being delighted; great pleasure.
- delinquencies — Plural form of delinquency.
- deliquescence — the process of deliquescing
- deliriousness — The characteristic of being delirious.
- demandingness — the quality of being demanding
- demigoddesses — Plural form of demigoddess.
- demilitarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demilitarize.
- demimondaines — Plural form of demimondaine.
- demineralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demineralize.
- denmark vesey — Denmark, 1767–1822, black freedman, born probably on St. Thomas, Danish West Indies: hanged as alleged leader of a slave insurrection, in Charleston, S.C.
- dental caries — cavity formation in teeth caused by bacteria that attach to teeth and form acids in the presence of sucrose, other sugars, and refined starches; tooth decay.
- depoliticizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depoliticize.
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- depressomotor — retarding motor activity
- depressurized — Simple past tense and past participle of depressurize.
- depressurizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depressurize.
- dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
- dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
- desacralizing — Present participle of desacralize.
- descriptively — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- descriptivism — the theory that moral utterances have a truth value
- descriptivist — a writer, teacher, or supporter of descriptive grammar or descriptive linguistics.
- descriptivity — The quality or state of being descriptive.
- desegregating — Present participle of desegregate.
- desegregation — the elimination of laws, customs, or practices under which people from different religions, ancestries, ethnic groups, etc., are restricted to specific or separate public facilities, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, or the like.
- desensitising — Present participle of desensitise.
- desensitizing — Present participle of desensitize.
- desert cooler — (in India) a cooling device in which air is driven by an electric fan through wet grass
- desert island — A desert island is a small tropical island, where nobody lives.
- desert locust — a migratory locust, Schistocerca gregaria, of North Africa and Asia, associated with the plagues described in the Old Testament.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- desertization — the processes by which an area becomes a desert.
- deservingness — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- designer baby — People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby.
- designer drug — any of various narcotic or hallucinogenic substances manufactured illegally from a range of chemicals
- designer gene — a gene altered or created by genetic engineering, especially for use in gene therapy.
- desirableness — The quality of being desirable.
- desk calendar — a loose-leaf calendar containing one or two pages for each day, with spaces for notes.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person