11-letter words containing a, n, d, e, r
- doc martens — a brand of lace-up boots with thick lightweight resistant soles
- doctrinaire — a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dog fancier — a person with a special interest in dogs
- dog handler — a member of the police force, a security organization, etc, who works in collaboration with a specially trained dog
- dogger bank — a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.
- doner kebab — a fast-food dish comprising grilled meat and salad served in pitta bread with chilli sauce
- donner pass — a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada, in E California. 7135 feet (2175 meters) high.
- door handle — doorknob.
- dorian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from D to D.
- dorset naga — a British-grown variety of the Naga Jolokia chilli pepper, noted for its extreme heat
- down-easter — a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
- down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
- downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- dragon beam — dragging piece.
- dragon tree — a tall, treelike plant, Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands, scarce in the wild but common in cultivation, yielding a variety of dragon's blood.
- dragon-head — dragonhead.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.
- drakensberg — a mountain range in the E Republic of South Africa: highest peak, 10,988 feet (3350 meters).
- drama queen — Informal. a person who often has exaggerated or overly emotional reactions to events or situations: You're such a drama queen! You always have to have all the attention.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- draw a line — If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them.
- draw runner — loper.
- drawing pen — a pen with a fine nib used for drawing
- dreadnaught — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dressmaking — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- drift angle — the angle made by the path of a drifting vessel with its heading.
- drive chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- drive train — the power train of an automotive vehicle consisting of all the components between the engine and driving wheels and including the clutch and axle, as well as the components of the driveline.
- drop a line — send a message
- drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- dry cleaner — a business that dry-cleans garments, draperies, etc.
- dry-cleanse — to dry-clean.
- dual number — a grammatical number category referring to exactly two persons or things
- dunderheads — Plural form of dunderhead.
- dundrearies — an expression for long whiskers or side-burns on the side of the face when present without a beard
- durableness — Durability.
- dynamometer — An instrument that measures the power output of an engine.
- dynamometry — The measurement of forces doing work.
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- dyssynergia — (medicine) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly.
- east riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in NE England, now part of Humberside.
- emarginated — (botany) Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.
- embryonated — Containing an embryo.