10-letter words containing a, d, m
- demurrages — Plural form of demurrage.
- dendrogram — any branching diagram, such as a cladogram, showing the interconnections between treelike organisms
- denominate — to give a specific name to; designate
- dental dam — Also called rubber dam. a thin piece of latex placed over the tooth or teeth being treated during endodontic treatment or other dental work.
- department — A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
- deracemize — (chemistry) To convert a racemic mixture into one or other of the enantiomers.
- derailment — A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running.
- dermatherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- dermatitis — Dermatitis is a medical condition which makes your skin red and painful.
- dermatogen — a meristem at the apex of stems and roots that gives rise to the epidermis
- dermatomal — Anatomy. an area of skin that is supplied with the nerve fibers of a single, posterior, spinal root.
- dermatomes — Plural form of dermatome.
- dermatoses — Plural form of dermatosis.
- dermatosis — any skin disease
- dermopathy — Disease of the skin.
- descramble — to restore (a scrambled signal) to an intelligible form, esp automatically by the use of electronic devices
- designatum — (semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
- desmosomal — of or relating to desmosomes
- despumated — Simple past tense and past participle of despumate.
- desquamate — (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales
- detachment — Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
- detail man — a salesman for a pharmaceutical firm who visits doctors, dentists, etc. in a certain district to promote new drugs
- detainment — to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- deus ramos — João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1830–96, Portuguese poet.
- deutoplasm — nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- diagometer — an instrument invented by Rousseau, formerly used to measure the electrical conductivity of substances
- diagraming — Present participle of diagram.
- diagrammed — Simple past tense and past participle of diagram.
- diamantane — (chemistry) A diamondoid consisting of two face-fused cages.
- diamantina — an intermittent river in E Australia, flowing S to Lake Eyre. 560 miles (900 km) long.
- diamantine — of or resembling diamonds
- diamonding — Present participle of diamond.
- diamondize — (transitive) To set with diamonds; to adorn or enrich.
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- diaphragms — Plural form of diaphragm.
- diastemata — Plural form of diastema.
- diathermal — of or relating to diathermy
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- diaz miron — Salvador [sahl-vah-th awr] /ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Mexican poet.
- diazoamino — denoting or of a diazo compound containing the group N:N·NH
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- digitalism — the abnormal condition resulting from an overconsumption of digitalis.
- dilemmatic — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.