12-Letter Words Starting with D
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decommission (19 points)
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
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
delicatessen (15 points)
Not 1 across (as in selected outlets)
Mayo clinic (wordplay)
Tender foreign money around second shop
D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
dermabrasion (17 points)
""A surgical procedure designed to remove skin imperfections, such as scars, by abrading the surface of the skin with fine sandpaper or wire brushes.""
D·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
desalination (13 points)
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
D·2+E·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
D·2+E·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
desquamation (24 points)
""The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.""
D·2+E·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 24 pts
dessertspoon (15 points)
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
D·2+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
disinflation (16 points)
A reduction in the rate of price increases; a lessening of inflationary pressure.
D·2+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
dispensation (15 points)
Exemption (from a rule)
Exemption (from the usual requirements)
Exemption (from usual requirement)
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
disquisition (22 points)
""A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation.""
D·2+I·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
dissertation (13 points)
Essay may be seen as sanitised rot
Essay for a degree or diploma
To a degree you have to defend it
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
distribution (15 points)
Most of the issue is charged and leads to handouts
Apportionment
Give out to missing Egyptian leader on charge of supplying demand
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
D·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
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