10-letter words containing a, l, m, d
- damoiselle — a damsel
- damsel bug — any of various bugs of the carnivorous family Nabiidae, related to the bedbugs but feeding on other insects. The larvae of some species mimic and associate with ants
- damselfish — any small tropical percoid fish of the family Pomacentridae, having a brightly coloured deep compressed body
- data model — (database) The product of the database design process which aims to identify and organize the required data logically and physically. A data model says what information is to be contained in a database, how the information will be used, and how the items in the database will be related to each other. For example, a data model might specify that a customer is represented by a customer name and credit card number and a product as a product code and price, and that there is a one-to-many relation between a customer and a product. It can be difficult to change a database layout once code has been written and data inserted. A well thought-out data model reduces the need for such changes. Data modelling enhances application maintainability and future systems may re-use parts of existing models, which should lower development costs. A data modelling language is a mathematical formalism with a notation for describing data structures and a set of operations used to manipulate and validate that data. One of the most widely used methods for developing data models is the entity-relationship model. The relational model is the most widely used type of data model. Another example is NIAM.
- dazzlement — the action of dazzling
- de la mare — Walter (John). 1873–1956, English poet and novelist, noted esp for his evocative verse for children. His works include the volumes of poetry The Listeners and Other Poems (1912) and Peacock Pie (1913) and the novel Memoirs of a Midget (1921)
- dead metal — furniture (def 4).
- dead-metal — the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like.
- deal-maker — A deal-maker is someone in business or politics who makes deals.
- dealmakers — Plural form of dealmaker.
- dealmaking — The making of commercial, financial or political deals.
- decanormal — (of a solution) containing ten equivalent weights of solute per liter of solution.
- decimalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of decimalize.
- decimalism — a method or practice based on units, divisions, or multiples of ten
- decimalist — a person who is in favour of decimalism
- decimalize — to change (a system, number, etc) to the decimal system
- decinormal — having one tenth of the strength of a standard solution
- declaiming — Present participle of declaim.
- decumulate — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- deformable — to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
- delaminate — to divide or cause to divide into thin layers
- deliminate — To delimit, especially in the computing sense.
- delimitate — delimit.
- delta team — an assault unit of highly trained and specialized U.S. troops that can be quickly dispatched to deal with terrorist action.
- demandable — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
- demilancer — A soldier who carries a demilance.
- demisexual — (of humans) Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.
- demodulate — to carry out demodulation on (a wave or signal)
- demoniacal — of, relating to, or like a demon; demonic: demoniac laughter.
- demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- demothball — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- dental dam — Also called rubber dam. a thin piece of latex placed over the tooth or teeth being treated during endodontic treatment or other dental work.
- derailment — A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running.
- dermatomal — Anatomy. an area of skin that is supplied with the nerve fibers of a single, posterior, spinal root.
- descramble — to restore (a scrambled signal) to an intelligible form, esp automatically by the use of electronic devices
- desmosomal — of or relating to desmosomes
- detail man — a salesman for a pharmaceutical firm who visits doctors, dentists, etc. in a certain district to promote new drugs
- deutoplasm — nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum
- diathermal — of or relating to diathermy
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- digitalism — the abnormal condition resulting from an overconsumption of digitalis.
- dilemmatic — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- diplomates — Plural form of diplomate.
- diplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- disclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of disclaim.
- disclaimer — a statement, document, or assertion that disclaims responsibility, affiliation, etc.; disavowal; denial.
- dismallest — Superlative form of dismal.
- dismalness — The state or quality of being dismal.
- dismantled — Take to pieces.