12-Letter Words Starting with D

Daringness

DAUGHTER a female {child=n}

Daylighting

Deacidify

ACTIVATING activate

Causing weakness

Decalcify

DECAPITATE To cut off the head of; to behead.

Slowing down

Decertify

""DECIMALIZE To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency. as, to decimalize the currency.""

Decolletage

COLONIZING colonize

COLORIZING colorize

Medicine to unblock the nose

Medicine clearing airways

Catarrh reliever

Decongest

Decongest

Decongest

Decreasing

FEMINIZING feminize

DEFINITIZE

""DEFLAGRATE To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.""

Burning away of a substance

Degeneracy

In a degenerate manner; unworthily.

Deteriorating

Worsening state of French breeding

Decline of French production

Decline of French age group

Welsh setback in case of wasting

GLACIATION Act of freezing.

Inflected form of GLAMORIZED Inflected form of GLAMORIZE

Deglamorize

Deglutition

Degradation

Degressive

English word

Uncommon tastings pre-pared, got us instead

HUMANIZING humanize

LAMINATING laminate

Considering adding carpeting to foodstore

PANNING THE COLD CUTS SHOP

In a very pleasing manner

In a pleasing way

LIQUESCING liquesce

LOCALIZING localize

""Inflected form of MAGNETIZED Inflected form of MAGNETIZE To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle. as, to magnetize a needle.""

""MAGNETIZER One who, or that which, imparts magnetism.""

Demagnetize

MOBILIZING mobilize

MODULATING modulate

Demographer

Auto marketing strategy statistics

Data on population structures

Demography

MONETIZING monetize

Demonology

""One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology.""

Discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.encouraging.

Demystify

Dendrology

Good tendrils could excite this type of plant expert

Denigration

Denitrify

NOMINATING nominate

Deontology

One versed in deontology.

Like blood coursing through one's veins

Deoxygenate

POLARIZING polarize

POPULATING populate

Losing value with time

Expressing disapproval about one losing value

In a depressing manner.

Deprogram

PROGRAMMED program

""Inflected form of PROGRAMMER Inflected form of PROGRAMME That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a preliminary sketch.""

DERACINATE To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.

Derangement

REGULATING regulate

Removal of restrictions

Restrictions being removed? Lie around and get sozzled

Derepress

DERIVATIZE to alter the chemical composition

The branch of medicine that is concerned with the physiology and pathology of the skin.

In a derogatory manner; disparagingly.

""DESALINATE to remove the salt from, especially from water; as, it is necessary to desalinate sea water to make it fit to drink.as, it is necessary to desalinate sea water to make it fit to drink.""

SALINIZING salinize

Opened to all

Desegregate

SIDERATING siderate

Designation

Desolating

Despairing

""DESQUAMATE To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.""

Detassel

Detergency

DETOXICATE to remove poison from.

VITALIZING vitalize

Devitrify

VOCALIZING vocalize

Adjective (-ic)

""Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.""

DIAGNOSE to identify a disease by symptoms

""DIAGNOSTIC Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease.""

DIAGONALIZE to transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix.

Diagonalize

""A plan, sketch, drawing, or outline designed to demonstrate or explain how something works or to clarify the relationship between the parts of a whole.""

In the form of a simplified drawing

Graphic figure has many a convulsion

That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects.

In the manner or nature of a dialogue.

""The science which treats of diamagnetic phenomena, and of the properties of diamagnetic bodies.""

""DIFFERENCE The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty? as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?""

""DIGITALIZE to record digitally, e. g. on digital tape or compact disks.e. g. on digital tape or compact disks.""

""DIGITIZE to put into digital form, also DIGITISE""

Diglyceride

""Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.""

By way of digression.

""DILAPIDATE To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; said of a building.""

Dimension

""To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.""

Disaccord

Dad navigates criminal stumbling block

Put in an unfavourable position

Unfavourable circumstance

Disaffect

Disaffirm

Separate into component parts

With beagles, a ride turned out nasty

Like some weather.

End of the quote

In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.

Demagnetiser smashed in quarrel

Row of detectives with squad in a salute

Quarrel leading to underworld contract

Ensure there is no mistake about meaning - misguide a bat (anagram)

Disannul

*Part of many a magic act

Fading rum dip gains when fruit is added

Doctor finally is paged and pain unexpectedly is vanishing

Builder providing spa is critical

Critical of detective's program going out of range

ARRANGING arrange

BELIEVING believe

Disbowel

Disburden

In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely.

""DISCIPLINE The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.""

Phonograph Records

Phonograph Records

Discomfit

DISCOMMODE To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble.

COMPOSING compose

Discourager

Putting (someone) off

Dashing hopes, record the passing of our youth (wordplay)

With noisy entertainment old city getting older is off-putting

Discredit

Bad-mouth travel (wordplay)

Disembody

EMBOGUING embogue

Disentail

Completed taking in broken nets, with fish extricated

Disentangle

ENTITLING entitle

Disesteem

GRUNTLING gruntle

Disguise.

Disgustful

Disgusting

Dishevel

INCLINING incline

Disinfect

Disinfest

Not straightforward or candid

Not sincere

Disguise noun out of hand? That's not fair!

Fall apart - it isn't agreed (anagram)

Agreed it isn't about to fall apart!

Setter aiding anagram break up

Disinter

Disinvest

Removal from a fixed position

Dislodgment

Taking (body) apart

ORGANIZED organize

Disorganize

Disorient

Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless.

Ignoring dangers, rigid surprisingly

Disrelish

DISSERTATE To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse.

""DISSOCIATE To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance. as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.""

Distemper

Distraught

Handing out

Disturbing

Ditchdigger

DIVARICATE To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.

Divergency

I had turned up poet's work showing more variety

Doggedness

In an arrogant way.

DOLOMITIZE

DOPAMINE a form of dopa used to stimulate the heart

Ghostly double of a live person

Living person's double

Ghostly lookalike of a human

Adjective meaning resembling

Downshift

Dramaturgy

Turreted battleships

Dressmaking

A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.

Drumbeating

Dumbfound