13-Letter Words Starting with D

Dactylology

""-fies , -fying , -fied (tr) to dress like or cause to resemble a dandy dandification   n""

Daunorubicin

Bomb-squad feats

As is a less stimulating cup defeat, faced in a bad way

Decalcomania

English word

One could say they headed off last month, so I paint at random

""Inflected form of CARBONATING Inflected form of CARBONATE A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.""

CARBONATION

Decarbonizer

Inflected form of CARBONIZING 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.

CARBOXYLASE

CARBOXYLATE to treat a chemical compound with carboxyl or carboxylic acid.

Inflected form of CARBURIZING Inflected form of CARBURIZE To combine wtih carbon or a carbon compound; said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of valatile hydrocarbons.

Decasyllabic

Decasyllable

Dishonesty

Deceleration

Dispersed authority

Decentralize

Misleading quality

Inflected form of CEREBRATING Inflected form of CEREBRATE To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

""CEREBRATION Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.""

""Inflected form of CHLORINATED Inflected form of CHLORINATE To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.""

Dechlorinate

Decidedness

The quality or state of being deciduous.

Decipherment

By distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of a declaration.

Declassify

""DECLINATION The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. as, declination of the head.""

Decommission

COMPENSATED receiving or eligible for compensation.

Decompensate

Process of decay

Collapse of French work of art

Putrefaction

Decompress

Cause of sickness if sudden

Reduction in air pressure

To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.

Decondition

They may help folk get things off their chest

CONGESTIONS congestion

Like many a former church, sort succumbing with decadence

Deconsecrate

'97 Bush remix album

CONSTRUCTOR A constructer.

Remove the bad meat contained in a stew

Rid of a dangerous substance

Remove pollution from

CONTROLLING control

""DECORTICATE To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull.""

""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.""

Defective

The abatement of a fever.

Deglaciation

Deinonychus

Greatly pleasing; delightful.

Delicatessen

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

Delinquency

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

Demagogical

Democratizer

DEMOCRATIZE To render democratic.

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

Of or pertaining to demonology.

DENDROLOGIC

Denouncement

An increase in the density of something.

""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

Pertaining to deontology.

Inflected form of POLITICIZED Inflected form of POLITICIZE

Depoliticize

Deprecating

Deprecatory

Depreciation

Deracination

Inflected form of SACRALIZING Inflected form of SACRALIZE

Descriptive

Despondency

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.""

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

Abstract noun (-ity)

Adjective meaning resembling

Determinacy

Following on from causes

Having all events springing from causes

Controlled by external causes and not free will

Detoxication

Detumescence

Doctor aiding actions abroad

Identifier of illnesses

In row, sceptic repulsed excellent health care worker

In a dialectical manner.

Dialectician

How opposite can you get (wordplay)

How things at opposite extremes are positioned

Absolutely

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

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.

DIGRAPHIC Of or pertaining to a digraph.

Dinucleotide

Of or pertaining to dipsomania.

Direction

Directivity

Directorship

Disaccharide

Disaccustom

AFFECTIONS affection

The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.

Disallowance

Exit (maybe into thin air)

Act of vanishing

Act of becoming invisible

Uncouple damaged air ducts and isolate, so not functional

Separated, disconnected

Disassociate

""CHARGEABLE That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man. as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.""

Discipleship

Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training.

Disclamation

Discographer

Discography

The act of changing the natural color

Discomfiture

Discomfort

Discommend

Discomposure

Causing one to feel unsettled

Such as will cause anxiety

Such as puts one off one's stride

Disconfirm

Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement.

Disconnect

Removal of electricity supply

Act of breaking a link

Complete break - relative can go to the devil!

Discontented.

CONTINUING continue

Gap, interval

Interrupted condition

Having intervals

Containing gaps

Discordancy

Discourtesy

Tending to bring harm to a reputation

Shameful

CREDITABLY In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.

Discrepancy

Left to good judgement

Not obligatory

Up to you to record conservative's current departure

Capable of being discriminated.

DISCRIMINABLE Capable of being discriminated.

Discriminant

Distinguished - treated unfairly

Candid mister, I fancy, was biased

Violates hiring laws

Rebellious minister is cad and is prejudiced

Notices the difference, certain I'd miss changes

DOCTRINAIRISM (anagram)

A distinguishing characteristic

ENCHANTERS enchanter

Disenchant

I'd seem troubled with burden, beginning to crave to be this (wordplay)

Without a vote, is candid and fresh, unusually so

Disfranchise

Disgraceful

Disincentive

Disinfectant

INFECTIONS infection

INTOXICATE Intoxicated.

In a disjunctive manner; separately.

Disobedience

What sets in a sad slip is the spaces they take up

Lacking in courtesy

Lacking courtesy

Impolite

Disrespect

Disseverance

Dissociation

With distinction; plainly.

Distracting

Divarication

The imposition of rigid beliefs at all times

DOCUMENTAL Of or pertaining to instruction.

One that makes documentaries or a documentary.

Paper sign to produce factual programmes

Factual programmes

What the nine theme answers are anagrams of

Documentary

DOCUMENTARISE

Concerted action mounted by the papers

Written papers

Dodecahedron

Dodecaphony

""Relating to, composed in, or consisting of twelve-tone music.""

""DOMESTICATE To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. as, to domesticate one's self.""

If it's wild, you might get to this by train round the top to begin with

Domesticity

DOMICILIATE To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy.

DRAMATURGIC Relating to dramaturgy.

Of or belonging to the genus Dryopithecus.

DUALISTIC Consisting of two; pertaining to dualism or duality.

Duodecillion

Duplicitous

Broken, soundly, in fact (wordplay)

Not operating properly

Like George or Kramer on "Seinfeld"

Painful menstruation.

Dyspeptical