desalination
nounHow to pronounce desalination:
Definition of desalination:
- desalination (noun):
- the removal of salt (especially from sea water).
Synonyms for desalination:
chemical action
chemical change
desalinisation
desalinization
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- derogatory
- deregulation
- demasculinize
- deliverable
- delimitation
- degenerative
- definitively
- dedicatedly
- decomposition
- deceleration
- decapitalize
- debilitating
- dacryoadenitis
- cynophobia
- crystallization
- cruciverbalist
- coxsackievirus
- contraindications
- contradistinction
- continuousness
- continentally
- contextualized
- contamination
- consolidated
- conservatism
- consequential
- consequences
- conjunctivitis
- congregational
- confederacy
- complementary
- competitiveness
- companionably
- communicating
- communicater
- commissioner
- commemorations
- columbarium
- colonization
- colonisation
- colloquially
- collectivism
- collaborative
- coelenterata
- coagulation
- cnidophobia
- circulatory
- ciprofloxacin
- churrigueresco
- chryselephantine
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