10-letter words containing a, e, r, o, d
- dermatosis — any skin disease
- dermopathy — Disease of the skin.
- derogating — Present participle of derogate.
- derogation — a lessening or weakening (of power, authority, position, etc.)
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatory — If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
- desecrator — to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
- desert oak — a tree, Casuarina decaisneana, of Central and NW Australia, the timber of which is resistant to termite attack
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- designator — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desolatory — tending to cause desolation
- desperados — Plural form of desperado.
- detonators — Plural form of detonator.
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detractors — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detractory — (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
- deus ramos — João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1830–96, Portuguese poet.
- devalorize — Devalue.
- devastator — to lay waste; render desolate: The invaders devastated the city. Synonyms: destroy, sack, despoil, raze, ruin, level. Antonyms: create, erect, develop.
- diagometer — an instrument invented by Rousseau, formerly used to measure the electrical conductivity of substances
- diaphorase — a flavoprotein enzyme operating in mitochondria, acting as a catalyst in the process of dye reduction or oxidation
- diarrhoeal — Standard spelling of diarrheal.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disembargo — to remove an embargo from.
- disfavored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- doctorates — Plural form of doctorate.
- dog warden — dogcatcher.
- dog-walker — a person who walks other people's dogs, especially for a fee.
- dogcatcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- dogmatizer — One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
- dollarless — without dollars; having no money
- dollarwise — as expressed in dollars; in dollars and cents: How much does a million francs amount to, dollarwise?
- doomsayers — Plural form of doomsayer.
- doomsdayer — a doomsayer.
- doorframes — Plural form of doorframe.
- doorhandle — A door handle.
- doorplates — Plural form of doorplate.
- dorsigrade — (of animals such as certain armadillos) walking on the backs of the toes
- dorsovelar — articulated with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate, as (k) and (ŋ)
- double bar — a double vertical line on a staff indicating the conclusion of a piece of music or a subdivision of it.
- downgraded — Simple past tense and past participle of downgrade.
- downgrades — Plural form of downgrade.
- downloader — Someone who downloads files from the Internet.
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- downstater — A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
- downstream — upstream