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11-letter words containing a, d, s, t, r

  • dispensator — a person who dispenses; distributor; administrator.
  • dispersants — Plural form of dispersant.
  • disregulate — Misspelling of dysregulate.
  • disrelation — the absence of relation
  • disrotatory — (organic chemistry) Describing an electrocyclic reaction in which the substituents at the interacting termini of the conjugated system rotate in opposite senses.
  • disruptable — Capable of being disrupted.
  • disruptants — Plural form of disruptant.
  • distractful — (archaic) distracting.
  • distracting — Preventing concentration or diverting attention; disturbing.
  • distraction — the act of distracting.
  • distractive — tending to distract.
  • distractors — Plural form of distractor.
  • distraining — Present participle of distrain.
  • disturbance — the act of disturbing.
  • do a stroke — If someone does not do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all.
  • doc martens — a brand of lace-up boots with thick lightweight resistant soles
  • doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
  • dogcatchers — Plural form of dogcatcher.
  • dorsal root — a nerve fiber bundle that emerges from either side of the spinal cord and joins with a complementary bundle to form each spinal nerve in the series of spinal nerves: the root at the rear of the spinal cord (dorsal root or sensory root) conveys sensations to the central nervous system, and the root at the front (ventral root or motor root) conveys impulses to the muscles.
  • dorset naga — a British-grown variety of the Naga Jolokia chilli pepper, noted for its extreme heat
  • dot address — An Internet address in dot notation.
  • dot leaders — (text)   A row of full stops intended to guide the reader's eye across the page from a column of variable length items on the left to the corresponding items in a column on the right. Used, for example, in the contents page of a book to tie a heading on the left to its page number on the right.
  • double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
  • down-easter — a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
  • draftsmanly — Befitting a draftsman; geometrically artistic.
  • draftswoman — a woman employed in making mechanical drawings.
  • draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
  • drag artist — an entertainer who wears drag
  • draize test — a test assessing the potential of drugs, chemicals, cosmetics, and other commercial products to produce irritation, pain, or damage to the human eye by studying its effect on a rabbit's eye.
  • dramaticism — a dramatic character or way of behaving
  • dramatising — Present participle of dramatise.
  • dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
  • drastically — acting with force or violence; violent.
  • draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
  • draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
  • draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
  • draw straws — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
  • draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
  • draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
  • drawstrings — Plural form of drawstring.
  • drillmaster — a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.
  • drive shaft — a shaft for imparting torque from a power source or prime mover to machinery.
  • drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)
  • dry as dust — dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
  • dry-as-dust — dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
  • dry-roasted — roasted with no oil, or less oil than is usually used in roasting, so that the product is drier, crisper, and less caloric: dry-roasted peanuts.
  • dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
  • duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
  • duster coat — a woman's loose summer coat with wide sleeves and no buttons, popular in the mid-20th century
  • dwarf shoot — a very thin lateral branch in certain trees.
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