11-letter words containing a, d, r, o
- cryohydrate — a crystalline substance containing water and a salt in definite proportions at low temperatures: a eutectic crystallizing below the freezing point of water
- cryptomonad — any of various protozoalike algae of the phylum Cryptophyta usually having two flagella, common in both marine and freshwater environments where they appear along the shore as algal blooms, some also occurring as intestinal parasites.
- crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
- dacryorrhea — excessive flow of tears.
- dactylogram — a fingerprint
- daggerboard — a light bladelike board inserted into the water through a slot in the keel of a boat to reduce keeling and leeway
- damask rose — a rose, Rosa damascena, native to Asia and cultivated for its pink or red fragrant flowers, which are used to make the perfume attar
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- danger zone — a dangerous area
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- dap fortran — ["Efficient High Speed Computing with the Distributed Array Processor", P.M. Flanders et al, pp.113-127 (1977)].
- dark comedy — a play, movie, etc., having elements of comedy and tragedy, often involving gloomy or morbid satire.
- data logger — data logging
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- dawn patrol — a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions.
- day boarder — a child attending a boarding school who has meals at the school but sleeps at home
- day laborer — an unskilled worker paid by the day
- day of rest — the Sabbath; Sunday
- de beauvoir — Simone (simɔn). 1908–86, French existentialist novelist and feminist, whose works include Le Sang des autres (1944), Le Deuxième Sexe (1949), and Les Mandarins (1954)
- de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- deactivator — Any device used to deactivate something.
- dead-reckon — to calculate (one's position) by means of dead reckoning.
- dead-stroke — relating to a stroke made that has no kickback or reverberation
- deallocator — One who, or that which, deallocates.
- dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
- deauthorize — to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
- debarkation — Disembarkation.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
- decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
- declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declarators — Plural form of declarator.
- declaratory — (of a statute) stating the existing law on a particular subject; explanatory
- declare for — If you declare for something or someone, you say that you are in favour of them.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decorrelate — To reduce the correlation between signals.
- decorticate — to remove the bark or some other outer layer from
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- deep throat — an anonymous source of secret information
- deflagrator — a piece of equipment for bringing about deflagration
- deflazacort — A glucocorticoid prodrug used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant.