10-letter words containing a, d, p, t
- deutoplasm — nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- dictagraph — Alt form dictograph.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- diophantus — 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
- dipetalous — bipetalous.
- diphtheria — a febrile, infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages, especially the throat.
- diplomates — Plural form of diplomate.
- diplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dirt-cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
- discrepant — (usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent: discrepant accounts.
- disculpate — (transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.
- disparates — unlike things or people
- disparting — Present participle of dispart.
- dispatched — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dispatcher — a person who dispatches.
- dispatches — Plural form of dispatch.
- dispersant — something that disperses.
- disputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- disputably — In a disputable manner.
- disputants — Plural form of disputant.
- disruptant — That which disrupts.
- dissipated — indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute.
- dissipater — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- dissipates — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- dissipator — One who, or that which, dissipates something.
- disulphate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- dittograph — an instance of dittography; a passage containing reduplicated syllables, letters, etc.
- dollarspot — a turf disease caused by the fungus Sclerotinia or related genera, characterized by small, brown to straw-colored, round patches of dead grass that gradually spread and coalesce.
- doorplates — Plural form of doorplate.
- double tap — an act of firing a gun twice in rapid succession
- drag strip — a straight, paved area or course where drag races are held, as a section of road or airplane runway.
- drainspout — downspout.
- drawplates — Plural form of drawplate.
- drop table — a tabletop hinged to a wall, held in a horizontal position by a bracket while in use.
- dunderpate — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
- duplicated — a copy exactly like an original.
- duplicates — Plural form of duplicate.
- duplicator — a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.
- duplicatus — (of a cloud) consisting of superposed layers that sometimes partially merge.
- dysplastic — Exhibiting dysplasia.
- dyspractic — relating to or affected by dyspraxia
- dystrophia — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- empathised — Simple past tense and past participle of empathise.
- empathized — Simple past tense and past participle of empathize.
- encaptured — Simple past tense and past participle of encapture.