15-letter words starting with D
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter D. This section showcases how D at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with D, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| dissatisfaction | 21 | the feeling of being displeased and discontent | he was never slow to express his dissatisfaction with the service he received |
| decontamination | 20 | the removal of contaminants | - |
| disenfranchised | 25 | deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | - |
| disillusionment | 18 | freeing from false belief or illusions | - |
| disrespectfully | 26 | in a disrespectful manner | he treats his parents rather disrespectfully |
| differentiation | 22 | a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes | - |
| democratization | 29 | the action of making something democratic | - |
| discombobulated | 25 | having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion | the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand |
| destructiveness | 21 | the quality of causing destruction | - |
| differentiating | 23 | - | - |
| disadvantageous | 21 | involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness | a disadvantageous outcome |
| developmentally | 26 | with respect to development | developmentally retarded |
| diversification | 24 | the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered) | my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments |
| destabilization | 27 | the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) | - |
| distinguishable | 22 | (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality | - |
| disappointingly | 24 | in a disappointing manner | the discoverer of argon, Sir William Ramsay, looked disappointingly ordinary |
| discontinuation | 18 | the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) | - |
| disorganization | 26 | a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted | - |
| distributorship | 23 | - | - |
| defenselessness | 19 | the property of being helpless in the face of attack | - |
| demographically | 29 | - | - |
| dispassionately | 21 | in an impartially dispassionate manner | although he was looking at the other girl, he did so dispassionately |
| diphenhydramine | 30 | antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness | - |
| decaffeinations | 24 | - | - |
| defamiliarizing | 31 | - | - |
| defragmentation | 22 | - | - |
| dexfenfluramine | 31 | - | - |
| disintermediate | 19 | - | - |
| disinthrallings | 20 | - | - |
| disfellowshiped | 28 | - | - |
| dihydrocodeines | 26 | - | - |
| diaphragmitises | 24 | - | - |
| demythification | 29 | - | - |
| decontextualize | 34 | - | - |
| decontextualise | 25 | - | - |
| decommunization | 31 | - | - |
| decommunisation | 22 | - | - |
| dysmorphophobic | 35 | - | - |
| draughtspersons | 22 | - | - |
| draughtproofing | 26 | - | - |
| dissyllabifying | 28 | - | - |
| daguerreotypist | 22 | - | - |
| damageabilities | 21 | - | - |
| dangerousnesses | 17 | - | - |
| dastardlinesses | 17 | - | - |
| dauntlessnesses | 16 | - | - |
| deacidification | 24 | - | - |
| deathlessnesses | 19 | - | - |
| debauchednesses | 24 | - | - |
| daguerreotyping | 23 | - | - |
| daguerreotypies | 22 | - | - |
| dactyliomancies | 25 | - | - |
| dactylographers | 27 | - | - |
| dactylographies | 27 | - | - |
| daguerreotypers | 22 | - | - |
| decalcification | 25 | loss of calcium from bones or teeth | - |
| diastereoisomer | 18 | - | - |
| differentiators | 22 | - | - |
| differentnesses | 22 | - | - |
| diffractiveness | 27 | - | - |
| diffractometers | 26 | - | - |
| diffractometric | 28 | - | - |
| diffrangibility | 28 | - | - |
| diffusibilities | 24 | - | - |
| dictatorialness | 18 | - | - |
| diastrophically | 26 | - | - |
| dichlorobenzene | 32 | - | - |
| dichloroethanes | 24 | - | - |
| dichloromethane | 26 | a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant | - |
| dichotomisation | 23 | the act of dividing into two sharply different categories | - |
| dichotomization | 32 | the act of dividing into two sharply different categories | - |
| dichotomousness | 23 | - | - |
| dichromaticisms | 27 | - | - |
| diffusivenesses | 25 | - | - |
| digestibilities | 19 | - | - |
| digitalisations | 17 | - | - |
| diphenylketones | 28 | - | - |
| diplomatologies | 21 | - | - |
| disaccharidases | 24 | - | - |
| disaccommodated | 26 | - | - |
| disaccommodates | 25 | - | - |
| disacknowledged | 28 | - | - |
| disacknowledges | 27 | - | - |
| diphenylenimine | 26 | - | - |
| digitalizations | 26 | - | - |
| dignifiednesses | 21 | - | - |
| dilatablenesses | 18 | - | - |
| dimenhydrinates | 25 | - | - |
| dimethylaniline | 24 | - | - |
| dinitrobenzenes | 27 | - | - |
| dinoflagellates | 20 | - | - |
| dioeciousnesses | 18 | - | - |
| disaffectedness | 25 | - | - |
| diaphragmatitis | 24 | - | - |
| destructibility | 23 | vulnerability to destruction | - |
| determinateness | 18 | the quality of being predictable with great confidence | - |
| determinatively | 24 | - | - |
| deterrabilities | 18 | - | - |
| detestabilities | 18 | - | - |
| detoxifications | 28 | - | - |
| detribalisation | 18 | the decline or termination of tribal organization | - |
| detribalization | 27 | the decline or termination of tribal organization | - |
| deuteranomalies | 18 | - | - |
| determinability | 23 | - | - |
| detectabilities | 20 | - | - |
| destructionists | 18 | - | - |
| destructivities | 21 | - | - |
| desulfurisation | 19 | - | - |
| desulfurization | 28 | - | - |
| desulphurations | 21 | - | - |
| desultorinesses | 16 | - | - |
| detachabilities | 23 | - | - |
| deuteranomalous | 18 | - | - |
| devalorisations | 19 | - | - |
| devalorizations | 28 | - | - |
| diagonalization | 26 | changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal) | the diagonalization of a normal matrix by a unitary transformation |
| diaheliotropism | 23 | - | - |
| dialectological | 21 | - | - |
| dialectologists | 19 | - | - |
| dialysabilities | 21 | - | - |
| dialyzabilities | 30 | - | - |
| diamagnetically | 24 | - | - |
| diaphototropies | 23 | - | - |
| diagonalisation | 17 | changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal) | - |
| dextrorotations | 23 | - | - |
| devitalisations | 19 | - | - |
| devitalizations | 28 | - | - |
| devitrification | 24 | - | - |
| devotionalities | 19 | - | - |
| dexamphetamines | 32 | - | - |
| dexterousnesses | 23 | - | - |
| dextrophosphate | 33 | - | - |
| diaphototropism | 25 | - | - |
| discontinuities | 18 | - | - |
| disembowelments | 25 | - | - |
| disempowerments | 25 | - | - |
| disenchantingly | 25 | - | - |
| disenchantments | 23 | - | - |
| disencumberment | 24 | - | - |
| disencumbrances | 24 | - | - |
| disenfranchises | 24 | - | - |
| disemboguements | 23 | - | - |
| disembellishing | 24 | - | - |
| discontinuously | 21 | - | - |
| discountenanced | 21 | - | - |
| discountenances | 20 | - | - |
| discouragements | 21 | - | - |
| discretionarily | 21 | - | - |
| discriminations | 20 | - | - |
| disembarkations | 24 | - | - |
| disembarrassing | 21 | - | - |
| disentanglement | 19 | the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | - |
| disenthrallment | 21 | - | - |
| disenthralments | 21 | - | - |
| disgruntlements | 19 | - | - |
| disguisednesses | 18 | - | - |
| disgustednesses | 18 | - | - |
| dishabilitating | 22 | - | - |
| dishabilitation | 21 | - | - |
| disharmoniously | 24 | - | - |
| dishearteningly | 23 | - | - |
| disheartenments | 21 | - | - |
| disgracefulness | 22 | unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor | - |
| disfurnishments | 24 | - | - |
| disentrainments | 18 | - | - |
| disentrancement | 20 | - | - |
| disequilibrated | 28 | - | - |
| disequilibrates | 27 | - | - |
| disequilibriums | 29 | - | - |
| disestablishing | 22 | - | - |
| disfeaturements | 21 | - | - |
| disforestations | 19 | - | - |
| disilluminating | 19 | - | - |
| disaffectionate | 24 | - | - |
| disappropriated | 23 | - | - |
| disappropriates | 22 | - | - |
| disarrangements | 19 | - | - |
| disarticulating | 19 | - | - |
| disarticulation | 18 | - | - |
| disarticulators | 18 | - | - |
| disassimilating | 19 | - | - |
| disassimilation | 18 | - | - |
| disapprobations | 22 | - | - |
| disappointments | 22 | - | - |
| disaffiliations | 22 | - | - |
| disaffirmations | 24 | - | - |
| disafforestment | 24 | - | - |
| disaggregations | 19 | - | - |
| disagreeability | 22 | - | - |
| disambiguations | 21 | - | - |
| disapplications | 22 | - | - |
| disassimilative | 21 | - | - |
| disassociations | 18 | - | - |
| disattributions | 18 | - | - |
| discommodiously | 26 | - | - |
| disconcertingly | 24 | in a disturbing or embarrassing manner | he drank some sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her |
| disconcertments | 22 | - | - |
| disconfirmation | 23 | - | - |
| disconformities | 23 | - | - |
| disconsolations | 18 | - | - |
| discontentments | 20 | - | - |
| discontiguities | 19 | - | - |
| discommissioned | 23 | - | - |
| discommendation | 23 | - | - |
| discapacitating | 23 | - | - |
| disciplinarians | 20 | - | - |
| disciplinariums | 22 | - | - |
| discolourations | 18 | - | - |
| discomboberated | 25 | - | - |
| discomboberates | 24 | - | - |
| discombobulates | 24 | - | - |
| discontinuances | 20 | - | - |
| destitutenesses | 16 | - | - |
| dedifferentiate | 23 | lose specialization in form or function | - |
| defensibilities | 21 | - | - |
| defensivenesses | 22 | - | - |
| defervescencies | 26 | - | - |
| defibrillations | 21 | - | - |
| deficientnesses | 21 | - | - |
| deflocculations | 23 | - | - |
| deformabilities | 23 | - | - |
| degenerationist | 17 | - | - |
| defenestrations | 19 | - | - |
| deduciblenesses | 21 | - | - |
| deductibilities | 21 | - | - |
| defeasibilities | 21 | - | - |
| defectibilities | 23 | - | - |
| defectivenesses | 24 | - | - |
| defeminisations | 21 | - | - |
| defeminizations | 30 | - | - |
| defencelessness | 21 | the property of being helpless in the face of attack | - |
| deglamorisation | 19 | - | - |
| deglamorization | 28 | - | - |
| degradabilities | 20 | - | - |
| deindividuation | 21 | - | - |
| deindustrialise | 17 | - | - |
| deindustrialize | 26 | - | - |
| delectabilities | 20 | - | - |
| delegitimations | 19 | - | - |
| deleteriousness | 16 | - | - |
| deliciousnesses | 18 | - | - |
| delightednesses | 21 | - | - |
| dehypnotization | 33 | - | - |
| dehypnotisation | 24 | - | - |
| degradingnesses | 19 | - | - |
| dehumanisations | 21 | - | - |
| dehumanizations | 30 | - | - |
| dehydrogenating | 25 | - | - |
| dehydrogenation | 24 | - | - |
| dehydrogenising | 25 | - | - |
| dehydrogenizing | 34 | - | - |
| dehydroretinols | 23 | - | - |
| deliriousnesses | 16 | - | - |
| decriminalizing | 30 | - | - |
| decarbonisation | 20 | - | - |
| deceptivenesses | 23 | - | - |
| decertification | 23 | - | - |
| dechlorinations | 21 | - | - |
| dechristianised | 22 | - | - |
| dechristianises | 21 | - | - |
| dechristianized | 31 | - | - |
| dechristianizes | 30 | - | - |
| deciduousnesses | 19 | - | - |
| deceptibilities | 22 | - | - |
| deceivabilities | 23 | - | - |
| decarbonization | 29 | - | - |
| decarboxylating | 31 | - | - |
| decarboxylation | 30 | the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen) | - |
| decarburisation | 20 | - | - |
| decarburization | 29 | - | - |
| decasualisation | 18 | - | - |
| decasualization | 27 | - | - |
| deceitfulnesses | 21 | - | - |
| decimalisations | 20 | - | - |
| decimalizations | 29 | - | - |
| decipherability | 28 | - | - |
| deconcentrating | 21 | - | - |
| deconcentration | 20 | - | - |
| deconsecrations | 20 | - | - |
| deconstructions | 20 | - | - |
| decontaminating | 21 | - | - |
| decontaminative | 23 | - | - |
| decontaminators | 20 | - | - |
| decomposability | 27 | - | - |
| decompensations | 22 | - | - |
| decolonisations | 18 | - | - |
| decolonizations | 27 | - | - |
| decolorisations | 18 | - | - |
| decolorizations | 27 | - | - |
| decolourisation | 18 | - | - |
| decolourization | 27 | - | - |
| decommissioners | 22 | - | - |
| decommissioning | 23 | - | - |
| decriminalising | 21 | - | - |
| dephosphorylate | 29 | - | - |
| dermatoglyphics | 29 | the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet | some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics |
| dermatographias | 24 | - | - |
| dermatographies | 24 | - | - |
| dermatomyositis | 23 | myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling accompanied by skin rash affecting cheeks and eyelids and neck and chest and limbs; progression and severity vary among individuals | - |
| dermatophytoses | 26 | - | - |
| dermatophytosis | 26 | fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing) | - |
| dermatoplasties | 20 | - | - |
| desacralisation | 18 | - | - |
| derivatizations | 28 | - | - |
| derivatisations | 19 | - | - |
| depigmentations | 21 | - | - |
| deplorabilities | 20 | - | - |
| depolarisations | 18 | - | - |
| depolarizations | 27 | - | - |
| deregistrations | 17 | - | - |
| dereligionising | 18 | - | - |
| dereligionizing | 27 | - | - |
| derequisitioned | 26 | - | - |
| desacralization | 27 | - | - |
| desalinisations | 16 | - | - |
| desalinizations | 25 | - | - |
| desperatenesses | 18 | - | - |
| despicabilities | 22 | - | - |
| despiritualised | 19 | - | - |
| despiritualises | 18 | - | - |
| despiritualized | 28 | - | - |
| despiritualizes | 27 | - | - |
| dessertspoonful | 21 | as much as a dessert spoon will hold | - |
| destabilisation | 18 | the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) | - |
| desirablenesses | 18 | - | - |
| desilverization | 28 | - | - |
| descriptiveness | 23 | - | - |
| desensitisation | 16 | the process of reducing sensitivity | - |
| desensitization | 25 | the process of reducing sensitivity | - |
| desertification | 21 | the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land | the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China |
| deservingnesses | 20 | - | - |
| desexualisation | 23 | - | - |
| desexualization | 32 | - | - |
| desilverisation | 19 | - | - |
| dephlogisticate | 24 | - | - |
| delocalisations | 18 | - | - |
| democratifiable | 25 | - | - |
| democratisation | 20 | the action of making something democratic | - |
| demonetisations | 18 | - | - |
| demonetizations | 27 | - | - |
| demonstrability | 23 | capability of being demonstrated or logically proved | - |
| demonstrational | 18 | - | - |
| demobilizations | 29 | - | - |
| demobilisations | 20 | - | - |
| delocalizations | 27 | - | - |
| demagnetisation | 19 | the process of removing magnetization | - |
| demagnetization | 28 | the process of removing magnetization | - |
| demandingnesses | 20 | - | - |
| dematerialising | 19 | - | - |
| dematerializing | 28 | - | - |
| demeritoriously | 21 | - | - |
| demisemiquavers | 32 | - | - |
| demonstratively | 24 | in a demonstrative manner | he greeted her demonstratively |
| demoralisations | 18 | - | - |
| demoralizations | 27 | - | - |
| denazifications | 30 | - | - |
| denitrification | 21 | - | - |
| denitrificators | 21 | - | - |
| departmentalise | 20 | - | - |
| departmentalism | 22 | - | - |
| departmentalize | 29 | - | - |
| dependabilities | 21 | - | - |
| depersonalising | 19 | - | - |
| denationalizing | 26 | - | - |
| denationalising | 17 | - | - |
| demulsification | 23 | - | - |
| demutualisation | 18 | - | - |
| demutualization | 27 | - | - |
| demystification | 26 | - | - |
| demythologisers | 25 | - | - |
| demythologising | 26 | - | - |
| demythologizers | 34 | - | - |
| demythologizing | 35 | - | - |
| depersonalizing | 28 | - | - |
| dissatisfactory | 24 | not up to expectations | - |
| distinctiveness | 21 | utter dissimilarity | - |
| distinguishably | 25 | - | - |
| distinguishment | 22 | - | - |
| distortednesses | 17 | - | - |
| distractibility | 23 | - | - |
| distressfulness | 19 | the quality of arousing fear or distress | - |
| distrustfulness | 19 | the trait of not trusting others | - |
| distemperatures | 20 | - | - |
| distastefulness | 19 | the quality of being offensive | - |
| dissertationist | 16 | - | - |
| dissimilarities | 18 | - | - |
| dissociableness | 20 | - | - |
| dissolubilities | 18 | - | - |
| dissolutenesses | 16 | - | - |
| dissolutionisms | 18 | - | - |
| dissolutionists | 16 | - | - |
| dissolvableness | 21 | - | - |
| dithiocarbamate | 25 | - | - |
| dithyrambically | 31 | - | - |
| dolomitisations | 18 | - | - |
| dolomitizations | 27 | - | - |
| domineeringness | 19 | the trait of being imperious and overbearing | - |
| dorsibranchiate | 23 | - | - |
| dorsiventrality | 22 | - | - |
| dorsoventrality | 22 | - | - |
| doubtlessnesses | 18 | - | - |
| downheartedness | 23 | a feeling of low spirits | - |
| dolichosauruses | 21 | - | - |
| dolichocephalic | 30 | having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75 | - |
| divertibilities | 21 | - | - |
| divertissements | 21 | - | - |
| divisiblenesses | 21 | - | - |
| doctrinarianism | 20 | - | - |
| documentarising | 21 | - | - |
| documentarizing | 30 | - | - |
| documentational | 20 | - | - |
| dodecasyllables | 24 | - | - |
| downregulations | 20 | - | - |
| disillusionised | 17 | - | - |
| disinfestations | 19 | - | - |
| disinflationary | 22 | - | - |
| disinformations | 21 | - | - |
| disinheritances | 21 | - | - |
| disintegrations | 17 | - | - |
| disinterestedly | 20 | without bias; without selfish motives | he decided the case disinterestedly |
| disintoxicating | 26 | - | - |
| disintoxication | 25 | - | - |
| disincorporates | 20 | - | - |
| disincorporated | 21 | - | - |
| disillusionises | 16 | - | - |
| disillusionized | 26 | - | - |
| disillusionizes | 25 | - | - |
| disimprisonment | 22 | - | - |
| disincarcerated | 21 | - | - |
| disincarcerates | 20 | - | - |
| disinclinations | 18 | - | - |
| disinvestitures | 19 | - | - |
| disinvigorating | 21 | - | - |
| disnaturalising | 17 | - | - |
| displenishments | 23 | - | - |
| disposabilities | 20 | - | - |
| disproportional | 20 | out of proportion | - |
| disproportioned | 21 | - | - |
| disputabilities | 20 | - | - |
| disputativeness | 21 | - | - |
| disquisitionary | 28 | - | - |
| disreputability | 23 | dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | - |
| displeasingness | 19 | - | - |
| dispersednesses | 19 | - | - |
| disnaturalizing | 26 | - | - |
| disobligingness | 20 | - | - |
| disorganisation | 17 | a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted | - |
| disorientations | 16 | - | - |
| disparatenesses | 18 | - | - |
| dispensableness | 20 | the quality possessed by something that you can get along without | - |
| downrightnesses | 23 | - | - |
| dysteleologists | 20 | - | - |
| dysteleological | 22 | - | - |
| dysmorphophobia | 33 | - | - |
| dramaturgically | 24 | - | - |
| draughtsmanship | 27 | - | - |
| dreadlessnesses | 17 | - | - |
| dreamlessnesses | 18 | - | - |
| drinkablenesses | 22 | - | - |
| duplicabilities | 22 | - | - |
| durchkomponiert | 29 | - | - |
| dyslogistically | 25 | - | - |
