11-letter words containing it
- denitrified — Simple past tense and past participle of denitrify.
- denitrifier — an agent, often bacterial, which denitrifies
- depositions — Plural form of deposition.
- depravities — Plural form of depravity.
- descloizite — a mineral, lead zinc vanadate.
- 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.
- desk editor — someone employed to read through newspaper text before publication to correct errors
- destitution — Destitution is the state of having no money or possessions.
- deteriority — the quality of being inferior or worse
- detritivore — an organism that uses organic waste as a food source, as certain insects.
- detritovore — any organism that feeds on detritus
- 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.
- devitalized — to deprive of vitality or vital properties; make lifeless; weaken.
- devitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitalize.
- devitrified — Simple past tense and past participle of devitrify.
- devitrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitrify.
- dexterities — Plural form of dexterity.
- diacritical — of or relating to a diacritic
- diaphaneity — the quality of being diaphanous; transparency.
- diapositive — a positive transparency; slide
- diddle with — Informal. to toy; fool (usually followed by with): The kids have been diddling with the controls on the television set again.
- diffusivity — the property of a substance indicative of the rate at which a thermal disturbance, as a rise in temperature, will be transmitted through the substance.
- digital pen — a pen-like device that enables a person to enter information into a digital electronic device by writing on a screen
- digitalised — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digitalises — any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
- digitalized — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digitigrade — walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals.
- dignitaries — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- diminuitive — Misspelling of diminutive.
- dimitrios i — (Dimitrios Papadopoulos) 1914–91, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church 1972–91.
- dinner suit — a dinner jacket and trousers, often worn with a bow tie at formal events
- dioxonitric — as in dioxonitric acid, the systematic name of nitrous acid
- diphysitism — the belief that in Christ two distinct natures, the human and the divine, existed together
- directivity — (geology) The effect of earthquake motion propagation being greater in the direction of the rupture.
- disaccredit — to take away the accreditation or authorization of: to disaccredit a diplomat.
- disbenefits — Plural form of disbenefit.
- discomfited — Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
- discredited — Simple past tense and past participle of discredit.
- discreditor — One who discredits.
- disembitter — to remove (an attitude of) bitterness
- disentitled — Simple past tense and past participle of disentitle.
- dish it out — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- disinherits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disinherit.
- disinhibits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disinhibit.
- disinviting — Present participle of disinvite.
- disparities — Plural form of disparity.
- dispiriting — to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.
- disposition — the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.