12-Letter Words Starting with D

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.""

COLONIZING colonize

COLORIZING colorize

Decongest

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.""

Deteriorating

HUMANIZING humanize

LAMINATING laminate

Considering adding carpeting to foodstore

PANNING THE COLD CUTS SHOP

LIQUESCING liquesce

LOCALIZING localize

MOBILIZING mobilize

MODULATING modulate

MONETIZING monetize

Discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.encouraging.

Demystify

Denitrify

NOMINATING nominate

POLARIZING polarize

POPULATING populate

Losing value with time

Expressing disapproval about one losing value

Deprogram

DERACINATE To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.

REGULATING regulate

Derepress

DERIVATIZE to alter the chemical composition

""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

SIDERATING siderate

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

Detassel

DETOXICATE to remove poison from.

VITALIZING vitalize

Devitrify

VOCALIZING vocalize

""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.""

""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

Disaccord

Disaffect

Disaffirm

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

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

Discomfit

DISCOMMODE To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble.

COMPOSING compose

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

ENTITLING entitle

Disesteem

GRUNTLING gruntle

Dishevel

INCLINING incline

Disinfect

Disinfest

Disinter

Disinvest

Taking (body) apart

Disorient

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

Handing out

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

I had turned up poet's work showing more variety

DOLOMITIZE

Downshift

Dumbfound