12-Letter Words Starting with D

English word

Process of stopping something working

Deactivator

Deamination

Debarkation

""The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.""

The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy.

Debouchment

The process of transferring pictures or designs printed on specially prepared paper to materials such as glass or metal.

Decantation

Strange patina to iced topping

An action that leaves the head isolated

Fate of Anne Boleyn

Decapitator

CARBONATED Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.

Decarbonate

Inflected form of CARBONIZED Inflected form of CARBONIZE To cover (an animal or vegatable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

""He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.""

Decarbonize

A slowing down

Reduction in the going rate

Slowing of velocity

Decelerator

""CHLORINATE To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.""

Declamation

Assertions from Aldi: 'Tesco ran badly'

Announcements made when there are enough on the board

Belonging to declension.

Declination

Decollation

Decolletage

COLONIZING colonize

Decolorizer

COLORIZING colorize

Body that busted a Brooklyn gangster

Take (eg, a warship) out of operation

Promise not to fire editor coming back to ask journalist to say something

""COMPENSATE To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompence; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses. as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.""

Gloomy supporting party, Green politician: 'Cuts can be broken down'

Decompress

Decompress

Decondition

Medicine to unblock the nose

Medicine clearing airways

Catarrh reliever

Decongest

Decongest

Decongest

A cut in churchman's city rank gives cause to become secular

Deconstruct

CONTROLLED control

Decorative

DECOROUS {proper=adj}

CORTICATED Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.

Decorticate

""A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees.""

Decrescendo

Decussation

Defalcation

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Burning away of a substance

Tending to reduce prices in the economy

Defloration

Defoliation

Deforcement

""FORMALIZED concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms, especially in religion or art; using formalism; as, highly formalized plays like "Waiting for Godot".as, highly formalized plays like "Waiting for Godot".""

Deformalize

Deformation

Worsening state of French breeding

Decline of French production

Decline of French age group

GLACIATION Act of freezing.

Inflected form of GLAMORIZED Inflected form of GLAMORIZE

Deglamorize

Deglutition

Degradation

English word

Uncommon tastings pre-pared, got us instead

Dehydration

Deification

The act or process of removing ions.

Formation and separation of lamin\'91 or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.

Delectation

Considering rearrest (wordplay)

Long and careful consideration

Thought on the continent of freedom

The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.

Delineation

LOCALIZING localize

Boundaries of specific areas

I am embraced by devilish European that ensnares one shady lady

MOBILIZING mobilize

DEMOCRATIZE To render democratic.

DEMOCRATIZE To render democratic.

Democratize

MODULATING modulate

Extraction of a signal from its carrier

Demodulator

Demographer

Auto marketing strategy statistics

Data on population structures

Demography

Demolition.

MONETIZING monetize

In a demoniacal manner.

""DEMONIZE to make a demon of, also DEMONISE""

Demonology

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

Able to be proved

Verified animal registered in beasty home

It's evident, devil gets last sinner in firm

In a demonstrable manner; incontrovertibly; clearly.

Proven expert said to welcome head of research

Established validity of protest by deputy head

Fiend scolded after saint made public protest

Shows Tate Modern's bizarre point

Fanatics review opening in art gallery's shows

Devil on street with nasty stare kicks up a fuss

Dealer's test drive vehicle

Car wearing dealer plates, often

Participant in a public protest

Demoralizer

Discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.encouraging.

DENATURE to deprive of natural qualities

Dendrology

Good tendrils could excite this type of plant expert

Denervation

Denigration

NOMINATING nominate

One, for one

He's mixed up in a religious group

Faith in money

Conferring a denomination or name.

Parts of fractions below the line

Math term.

Conclusion is to include North Carolina in the criticism

Conclusion is to include North Carolina for criticism

""An instrument for determining optical or photographic density. A variety capable of measuring optical density of a sample at a number of different wavelengths, is called a spectrophotometer.spectrophotometer.""

Measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light through it and measuring the intensity of the transmitted light.

Strong public criticism

Public condemnation of awful auctioned inn

What the whistleblower is capable of is informing

""Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language. as, severe and denunciatory language.""

Deontology

One versed in deontology.

Deoxidation

Like blood coursing through one's veins

Deoxygenate

Deoxyribose

Depilatory

Depolarizer

POLARIZING polarize

Inflected form of POLITICIZE Inflected form of POLITIC {shrewd=adj}

""POLYMERIZE To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde. polymerize aldehyde.""

POPULATING populate

Reduction in inhabitants

Loss of inhabitants

Deportation

Depositary

POSITIONAL Of or pertaining to position.

Depository

Depravation

Deprecation

It never goes up in financial crash

Gradual loss of value

Loss in value

Depreciator

Tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative.

Depredation

Deprivation

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.""

""DEPUTIZE to act as a deputy, also DEPUTISE""

Act of uprooting

I worried about body of people being uprooted

Removal of restrictions

Restrictions being removed? Lie around and get sozzled

Dereliction

Derepress

Relating to development from a source or origin

Relating to the formation of a word from its root

""A surgical procedure designed to remove skin imperfections, such as scars, by abrading the surface of the skin with fine sandpaper or wire brushes.""

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

""A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin.""

In a derogatory manner; disparagingly.

Deal is arranged with people for main treatment (wordplay)

Purification process that could be organised by Ionian Sea Ltd (wordplay)

Newly nationalised water company may carry this out

Desalinator

Pictures inspired Scot to be moved

Sketches depict sins or misbehaving

Desecration

Desiccation

Longing for something

Converted into a desired, longed-for object

Designation

The state of being desirous.

The state of being desolate.

Desolating

Desperation

Despitefully.

Despoilment

A stripping or plundering; spoliation.

Despondence

Dejectedly, hopelessly

How Ivan the Terrible ruled

""The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.""

It makes a fool disappear

Sweet to make love with one from the canteen

It's sweet to make love together, lying perhaps on the table

Destination

Destitution

Destruction

Went from bad to worse

Worsens

One who determines.

Detestation

Toppling of a king

Removal from power

Removal of bishop from the highest seat in the land (wordplay)

Abstract noun (-ity)

DETOXICATE to remove poison from.

TOXICATION Poisoning.

Deuteranope

A form of colorblindness characterized by insensitivity to green.

DEUTERANOPE

Deuteration

English word

Devaluation

Devastation

MTD envelopes (anagram)

Move Len's dept (anagram)

Advances in a process

""DEVIATION The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.""

""DEVIATION The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.""

VOCALIZING vocalize

In a devotional manner; toward devotion.

Devoutness

See Dextrotatory. Dextrotatory.

Adjective (-ic)

In devilish manner

In a devilish manner

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

DIAGNOSE to identify a disease by symptoms