14-letter words containing def
- ada deficiency — a severe immune system disorder caused by a genetic inability to produce adenosine deaminase.
- antidefamation — (of a group or organization) against defamation
- budget deficit — the amount by which government expenditure exceeds income from taxation, customs duties, etc, in any one fiscal year
- crystal defect — defect (def 3).
- default option — the preset selection of an option offered by a system, which will always be followed except when explicitly altered
- defect density — (programming) The ratio of the number of defects to program length.
- defective year — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
- defeminization — (in a developing organism) the process in which full development into a female of the species is prevented because of a male developmental characteristic
- defence forces — the armed services of a country
- defenestrating — Present participle of defenestrate.
- defenestration — the act of throwing someone out of a window
- defensive back — a defender positioned off the line of scrimmage for the purpose of covering pass receivers and tackling runners who elude linemen and linebackers.
- deferred share — a share of stock on which a dividend is not paid until some fixed date or until some conditional event.
- defibrillating — Present participle of defibrillate.
- defibrillation — the application of an electric current to the heart to restore normal rhythmic contractions after the onset of atrial or ventricular fibrillation
- defibrillators — Plural form of defibrillator.
- definitionally — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- definitiveness — most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
- deflagrability — the state or quality of being deflagrable
- deflocculation — to reduce from a flocculent state by dispersing the flocculated particles.
- fidei defensor — Defender of the Faith: one of the titles of English sovereigns.
- flood defences — structures such as dams, artificial channels, etc, built to protect an area from flooding
- frenkel defect — a crystal defect in which a lattice ion has moved to an interstitial position leaving a vacant lattice site
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- in defiance of — a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
- indefinability — The quality of being indefinable.
- indefiniteness — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
- lattice defect — defect (def 3).
- self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
- spadefoot toad — any of several nocturnal toads of the family Pelobatidae, common in the Northern Hemisphere, characterized by a horny, spadelike projection on each hind foot for burrowing under the soil.
- user-definable — (of a facility on a computer) that can be defined or varied by the user
- wind deflector — an accessory that can be fitted to parts of a vehicle that are often open when driving, such as windows and sunroofs, to prevent the driver and passengers being buffeted by wind as well as reducing noise and keeping out flying debris
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