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11-letter words containing a, i, r, d, o, p

  • diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
  • diazo group — the bivalent group –N=N– united with one hydrocarbon group and another atom or group, as in benzenediazo hydroxide, C 6 H 5 N=NOH, or the bivalent group =N=N united with one hydrocarbon group, as in diazomethane, CH 2 =N=N.
  • dilapidator — One who dilapidates, a person committing dilapidation.
  • dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
  • dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
  • dirlotapide — A drug used to treat obesity in dogs.
  • disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
  • disapproved — Simple past tense and past participle of disapprove.
  • disapprover — One who disapproves.
  • disapproves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove.
  • disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
  • discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
  • discophoran — a member of the Discophora group
  • diskography — discography.
  • dispensator — a person who dispenses; distributor; administrator.
  • disprovable — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
  • dittography — reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error.
  • do a perish — to die or come near to dying of thirst or starvation
  • dorsispinal — of or relating to the back and the spine.
  • dotted pair — (programming)   The usual LISP syntax for representing a cons cell that is not a list. For example, the expression (cons 'foo 42) returns a cons cell that is output as (foo . 42) which represents a cons cell whose car is the symbol "foo" and whose cdr is the integer 42.
  • downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
  • dromophobia — an irrational fear of crossing roads
  • drop a hint — If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
  • drop a line — send a message
  • drosophilas — Plural form of drosophila.
  • duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
  • edp auditor — (job)   A person who analyses system functions and operations to determine adequate security and controls. An EDP analyst evaluates systems and operational procedures and reports findings to senior management. He writes ad hoc report programs using 4GLs and specialised audit software.
  • grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
  • grand piano — a piano having the frame supported horizontally on three legs.
  • haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
  • harpsichord — a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.
  • holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
  • hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
  • hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
  • hydrophobia — rabies.
  • hyperdorian — of or related to the mode above the Dorian mode in ancient Greek music
  • hypoid gear — a gear resembling a bevel gear in form but designed to mesh with a similar gear in such a way that their axes would not intersect, one axis crossing over the other at approximately a right angle.
  • ideographic — an ideogram.
  • ideopraxist — a person who is impelled to carry out an idea
  • idiographic — pertaining to or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events (opposed to nomothetic).
  • in jeopardy — in danger, at risk
  • isodiaphere — one of two or more nuclides in which the difference between the number of neutrons and the number of protons is the same
  • jawdropping — Alternative form of jaw-dropping.
  • jeopardised — Simple past tense and past participle of jeopardise.
  • jeopardized — Simple past tense and past participle of jeopardize.
  • jeopardizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopardize.
  • leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
  • lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
  • madreporian — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
  • madreporite — a sievelike plate in certain echinoderms, through which water passes into the vascular system.
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