10-letter words containing a, d, e, m
- do a melba — to make repeated farewell appearances
- dockmackie — a North American shrub, Viburnum acerifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having long stemmed clusters of white flowers and ovoid, almost black berries.
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- documental — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dogmatized — Simple past tense and past participle of dogmatize.
- dogmatizer — One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
- dogmatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dogmatize.
- domestical — Archaic form of domestic.
- dominative — dominating; controlling.
- dominicale — a veil formerly worn by women during divine service.
- doom-laden — conveying a sense of disaster and tragedy
- doomsayers — Plural form of doomsayer.
- doomsdayer — a doomsayer.
- doorframes — Plural form of doorframe.
- dopexamine — A \u03b21- and \u03b22-adrenergic receptor agonist.
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- downstream — upstream
- draegerman — a miner, usually a member of a special crew, trained in underground rescue work and other emergency procedures.
- dramatised — Simple past tense and past participle of dramatise.
- dramatises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatise, an alternative spelling of 'dramatize'.
- dramatized — Adapt (a novel) or present (a particular incident) as a play or movie.
- dramatizer — One who dramatizes.
- dramatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatize.
- dramaturge — a specialist in dramaturgy, especially one who acts as a consultant to a theater company, advising them on possible repertory.
- dream 6800 — (computer) A computer based on the Motorola 6800 microprocessor. The DREAM 6800 could be programmed in CHIP-8.
- dream book — a book, pamphlet, etc., that lists common dreams and purports to interpret them, especially in regard to their meaning for the future.
- dream team — A dream team is the best possible group of people to be in a sports team or to do a particular job.
- dreamboats — Plural form of dreamboat.
- dreaminess — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreamingly — In a dreamy manner.
- dreamscape — a dreamlike, often surrealistic scene.
- dreamwhile — the duration of a dream
- dreamworld — A fantastic or idealized view of life.
- dreariment — (obsolete) dreariness.
- drearisome — Very dreary.
- dressmaker — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- drill team — a group trained, especially for exhibition purposes, in precision marching, the manual of arms, etc.
- drum brake — a brake system in which a pair of brake shoes can be pressed against the inner surface of a shallow metal drum that is rigidly attached to a wheel.
- drum table — a table having a cylindrical top with drawers or shelves in the skirt, rotating on a central post with three or four outwardly curving legs.
- drumbeater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
- du maurier — Dame Daphne (Lady Browning) 1907–1989, English novelist.
- dual-homed — (networking) A kind of connection to a FDDI network where a host is simultaneously connected to two separate devices in the same FDDI ring. One of the connections becomes active while the other one is automatically blocked. If the first connection fails, the backup link takes over with no perceptible delay. A dual-homed device can tolerate a fault in one of its "homes" whereas a dual-attached device can tolerate a fault in one of the rings.
- dumb-asses — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- dummelhead — a stupid or slow-witted person
- dummy head — a model of the human head with a microphone in each ear intended to receive sound in binaural and surround sound reproduction and transmission
- duodecimal — pertaining to twelfths or to the number 12.
- dura mater — the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Also called dura. Compare arachnoid (def 6), pia mater.
- durrenmatt — Friedrich [freed-rik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfrid rɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1921–90, Swiss dramatist and novelist.
- duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.