descendentalism
A doctrine that emphasizes empiricism and positivism; a philosophical focus on material and worldly matters.

descendibility
The characteristic of being descendible; inheritability by an heir.

descension
Descent; the act of descending.
The descent below the horizon of a celestial body.

descensions
plural of descension

descent
An instance of descending; act of coming down.
A way down.
A sloping passage or incline.
Lineage or hereditary derivation.
A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
A falling upon or invasion.
A particular extension of the idea of gluing.

descents
plural of descent

desclerotization
The removal of sclerotin from a sclerotized structure

desclerotizations
plural of desclerotization

descrial
The act of descrying.

describability
The quality of being describable.

describableness
The quality of being describable.

descrimination
Misspelling of discrimination.

descriptionism
The definition of truth as a description of observed reality.

descriptiveness
The characteristic of being descriptive.

descriptivism
The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.

descriptivisms
plural of descriptivism

descriptivity
The quality or state of being descriptive.

deseasonalisation
Alternative form of deseasonalization.

deseasonalization
The process or result of deseasonalizing.

desecration
An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

desecrations
plural of desecration

desecularisation
Alternative spelling of desecularization.

desecularisations
plural of desecularisation

desecularization
The process of desecularizing.

desecularizations
plural of desecularization

desegmentation
The loss or obliteration of division into segments.

desegmentations
plural of desegmentation

desegregation
The act or process of eliminating segregation.

desegregations
plural of desegregation

deselection
The process or act of deselecting.

deselections
plural of deselection

desemanticisation
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of desemanticization.

desemanticization
The loss or removal of all or part of the original semantic content (meaning) of a word or morpheme, sometimes (but not always) as part of grammaticalization.

desemantisation
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of desemantization.

desemantization
Synonym of desemanticization.

desemer
A kind of ancient balance or steelyard.

desemers
plural of desemer

desensitisation
The act or process of desensitising, of dulling or reducing sensation.

desensitiser
Alternative spelling of desensitizer.

desensitisers
plural of desensitiser

desensitization
The act or process of desensitizing, of reducing or eliminating sensitivity.

desensitizations
plural of desensitization

desensitizer
Anything that desensitizes.
Any substance applied to the non-image part of a lithographic plate so that ink will not stick to it.

desensitizers
plural of desensitizer

desequestration
The action, or the result of desequestrating

desequestrations
plural of desequestration

deserialisation
UK spelling of deserialization.

deserialisations
plural of deserialisation

deserialization
The act or process of deserializing.

deserializations
plural of deserialization

deserosalization
The (normally accidental) removal of serosa from an internal cavity

desertedness
The state or quality of being deserted.

desertification
The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.

desertion
The act of deserting.

desertions
plural of desertion

desertisation
Alternative spelling of desertization.

desertization
Synonym of desertification.

desertness
The condition of being deserted.

desertology
The study of deserts and related phenomena.

deservedness
The state or quality of being deserved.

deservingness
The state or quality of being deserving.

desethylation
The removal of one or more ethyl groups

desethylations
plural of desethylation

desetope
The part of an MHC that binds to an antigen.

desetopes
plural of desetope.

desexualisation
Alternative spelling of desexualization.

desexualisations
plural of desexualisation

desexualization
The act or process of desexualizing.

desexualizations
plural of desexualization

desexualizer
That which desexualizes.

desexualizers
plural of desexualizer

deshabille
the state of being partially clothed
a garment worn when one is in a state of undress; a négligée

deshabilles
plural of deshabille

deshielding
The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is strengthened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei

deshieldings
plural of deshielding

deshittification
The reversal of the process of enshittification; making less enshittified

deshopping
The practice of buying an item, using it once and then returning it to the place it was bought for a refund, having had the intention of doing so when buying the item.

deshuffler
A process or component that deshuffles.

deshufflers
plural of deshuffler

desialylation
Any reaction that removes a sialyl group from a molecule

desialylations
plural of desialylation

desiccation
The state or process of being desiccated
An act or occurrence of desiccating

desiccations
plural of desiccation

desiderata
plural of desideratum

desideration
The act of desiderating.
Something desired.

desiderations
plural of desideration

desideratum
Something that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly when thought to be essential.

desidiousness
The state or quality of being desidious.

desightment
disfigurement

desights
plural of desight

designability
The quality of being designable.

designata
plural of designatum

designation
An act or instance of designating
Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.
That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.
Purpose, aim, intention.

designations
plural of designation

designatum
That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.

designedness
The state or quality of being designed.

designership
The quality or state of being a designer; the function or dignity of a designer.

designfulness
The state or quality of being designful.

designist
Ellipsis of intelligent designist.

designists
plural of designist

designlessness
Absence of design.

designment
One's design or plan; an objective, an undertaking.

designments
plural of designment

desilication
Any process that removes silicon from a material

desilications
plural of desilication

desilicification
The removal of impregnated silica

desilicifications
plural of desilicification

desiloization
The process of desiloing.

desiltation
The process of removing silt from a body of water.

desiltations
plural of desiltation

desilverisation
Alternative form of desilverization.

desilverisations
plural of desilverisation

desilverization
The process of desilverizing.

desilverizations
plural of desilverization

desilylation
The removal of a silyl group

desilylations
plural of desilylation

desinence
A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.

desinences
plural of desinence

desiness
The quality of being desi, or belonging of the South Asian diaspora.

desingularization
Any of several techniques used to resolve a singularity.

desingularizations
plural of desingularization

desinicisation
Alternative spelling of desinicization.

desinicization
The removal; elimination or suppression of Chinese influence and culture or process of stripping down one's Chineseness.

desipience
silliness, folly

desirabilities
plural of desirability

desirability
The state of being desirable.

desirableness
The quality of being desirable.

desirablenesses
plural of desirableness

desireableness
nonstandard form of desirableness.

desiredness
The quality of being desired.