13-Letter Words

""The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.""

Decorticator

""Inflected form of CREPITATING Inflected form of CREPITATE To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.""

""The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting.""

CRIMINALIZE to declare (an act) to be illegal.

""That can be deducted, especially with respect to income taxes: deductible expenses.""

""FEASIBILITY The quality of being feasible; practicability; also, that which is feasible; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility. as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility.""

Defective

FENESTRATED Having windows; characterized by windows.

Throws (someone) from a window

Defenseless

Capability of being defended.

Defensive

In a servile manner

The abatement of a fever.

FIBRILLATED Furnished with fibrils; fringed.

Defibrillate

Medical device for stabilising the heart

Device applying current to the chest or heart

Electronic device for restoring normal heart rhythm

""DEFIBRINATE To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs.""

The act or process of depriving of fibrin.

Deflagration

Asteroid often crashed clearing a lot of trees

Change of trees into a wasteland, ultimately (wordplay)

Author filing first of reports on rank destruction of natural resources

""Inflected form of FORMALIZING Inflected form of FORMALIZE To give form, or a certain form, to; to model.""

Of or pertaining to deformation (in all senses).

Degeneration

Deglaciation

Inflected form of GLAMORIZING Inflected form of GLAMORIZE

""GRANULATION The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar. as, the granulation of powder and sugar.""

Degringolade

Dehumidifier

Dehumidify

HYDROGENASE

""To deprive of, or free from, hydrogen.""

Deinonychus

Deionization

Delamination

Greatly pleasing; delightful.

Deleterious

Discussions about imprisonments (wordplay)

Formal discussions

Juries' responsibilities

Delicatessen

""The quality of being delicious; as, the deliciousness of a repast. as, the deliciousness of a repast.""

Delighted

Borderlines

Delinquency

The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.

Delirious

Demagnetizer

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

Demagogical

Demagoguery

Demanding

To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics.

Unearthly beings lifted in possessed dog I medicated

""MILITARIZED Equipped with eapons; armed; -- used of persons, regions, or the military. Contrasted to unarmed and demilitarized.unarmed and demilitarized.""

Demilitarize

Loose women said to mingle with monied men

""MINERALIZED containing or impregnated with minerals; as, mineralized water; red stains that signify mineralized land.as, mineralized water; red stains that signify mineralized land.""

""MINERALIZER An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer. mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.""

Demineralize

Democratizer

DEMOCRATIZE To render democratic.

Demodulation

""DEMOGRAPHIC of or pertaining to demography; as, demographic surveys.as, demographic surveys.""

Demolishment

One razing buildings

Demonization

Of or pertaining to demonology.

Demonologist

Proving that Germany has strong team in match

Fiendish sailor crosses the street protesting

Upset, stand it no more - protest!

How-to event

Picket villain's timeshare

Movie star tend to turn out effusive

Given to expressing one's feelings

Not hiding one's feelings

Demonstrator

MULTIPLEXER multiplex

DEMYELINATE

DEMYELINATE

""To remove the mythical elements from; -- of writings, such as the Bible.""

To divest or deprive of national character or rights.

NATURALIZED Acclimated to a new environment; introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation; -- of plants or animals not native to a location.

Denaturalize

Denaturation

DENDROLOGIC

Dendrologist

Deniability

Joe Pesci's only Oscars gripe (wordplay)

Bills or church groups

Joe Pesci's only Oscars complaint (wordplay)

Denominative

Denouncement

An increase in the density of something.

Densitometer

""An apparatus for measuring the optical density of a material, such as a photographic negative.""

The state of being set with small notches or teeth.

Inflected form of NUCLEARIZED Inflected form of NUCLEARIZE

Denuclearize

Denunciation

""The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.""

Pertaining to deontology.

Deontologist

""Inflected form of OXYGENATING Inflected form of OXYGENATE To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide). as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).""

The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.

Trustworthiness

PERSONALIZE To make personal.

Inflected form of POLITICIZED Inflected form of POLITICIZE

Depoliticize

""Inflected form of POLYMERIZED Inflected form of 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.""

Depolymerize

Depopulation

Deprecating

Deprecatory

Depreciation

Inflected form of PRESSURIZED Inflected form of PRESSURIZE

Depressurize

Deprogrammer

PROGRAMMING program

Deputization

Deracination

""REALIZATION The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.""

Deregulation

REPRESSIONS repression

Dermabrasion

Dermatology

Skin disease expert

Skin disorder expert

Doctor specialising in skin disorders

Dermatophyte

Inflected form of SACRALIZING Inflected form of SACRALIZE

Desalination

Descriptive

Inflected form of SEGREGATING Inflected form of SEGREGATE Separate; select.

The ending of racial separation

Desensitizer

Making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli. Opposite of sensitizing.sensitizing.

Inflected form of SEXUALIZING Inflected form of SEXUALIZE To attribute sex to.

Desideration

The quality of being desirable.

Desperation; virulence.

Despoliation

Despondency

Desquamation

Dessertspoon

Inflected form of STABILIZING Inflected form of STABILIZE

Destitution.

In a ruinous manner

""DESTRUCTIVE Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth. of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.""

Inflected form of SULFURIZING Inflected form of SULFURIZE

The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness.

""(tr) to disengage and separate or remove, as by pulling; unfasten; disconnect""

Abstract noun (-ity)

Adjective meaning resembling

Stop one old sailor getting worse

In decline

Process of worsening

Decline to put off one formal speech

A progressive worsening

Progressively worsening

Determinacy

DETERMINANT Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably.

24 put off people crossing motorway

Firmness of purpose

Resolution to get legal decision

Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.

Determinator

Following on from causes

Having all events springing from causes

Controlled by external causes and not free will

Abstract noun (-ity)

Dethronement

Detoxication

DETRIBALIZE to cause (members of a tribe) to lose their cultural identity and adopt other customs.

In a damaging manner

Tried out with the mind, causing loss (wordplay)

Stupidly tried using brain, in a way that's harmful

Detumescence

The character second in importance to the protagonist in classical Greek drama.

Adverb

Deuteranopia

Deuterostome

Devastating

""Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. as, the developmental power of a germ.""

Deviationism

Deviationist

Deviousness

DEVOLUTION The act of rolling down.

One wanting local powers

Devotedness

A corticosteroid drug used to treat allergies or inflammation.

The quality of being dexterous; dexterity.

Person associated with (-ist)

Doctor aiding actions abroad

Identifier of illnesses

In row, sceptic repulsed excellent health care worker

DIAGONALIZE to transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix.

In a dialectical manner.

Dialectician

Diamagnetism

How opposite can you get (wordplay)

How things at opposite extremes are positioned

Absolutely

Diaphaneity

""Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves. as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves.""

Diastereomer

Diastrophism

Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal; opposed to athermanous. athermanous.

""DIAZOTIZE To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution.""

Dibenzofuran

DICHOTOMIZE To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect.

Dichotomous

Dichromatism

Dictatorial

Third Reich et al.

A genus of evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants.

DIESELIZE DIESEL to continue running after ignition is turned off

Items containing ring & pinion gears

Torque-splitting mechanisms in axles

Positraction, Sure-Grip, Detroit Locker, etc. (pl.)

Distinguish (between)

Show where things are not the same

Tell apart

Different

Diffuseness