11-letter words containing a, r, c, t
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- diacritical — of or relating to a diacritic
- diametrical — of or along a diameter
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diarrhoetic — Alternative form of diarrhetic.
- 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.
- dicasteries — Plural form of dicastery.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichromatic — having or consisting of only two colours
- dictatorial — Dictatorial means controlled or used by a dictator.
- diffraction — the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light bands (diffraction pattern) at the edge of a shadow.
- diffractive — causing or pertaining to diffraction.
- dilacerated — Simple past tense and past participle of dilacerate.
- dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
- direct mail — mail, usually consisting of advertising matter, appeals for donations, or the like, sent simultaneously to large numbers of possible individual customers or contributors. Abbreviation: DM.
- direct-dial — being a telephone or telephone system enabling long-distance calls to be direct-dialed.
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directorate — the office of a director.
- directorial — pertaining to a director or directorate.
- disaccredit — to take away the accreditation or authorization of: to disaccredit a diplomat.
- discardment — the act or process of discarding
- disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
- discolorate — (transitive, dated) To discolor.
- discreation — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- disentrance — to bring out of an entranced condition; disenchant.
- dispatchers — Plural form of dispatcher.
- distractful — (archaic) distracting.
- distracting — Preventing concentration or diverting attention; disturbing.
- distraction — the act of distracting.
- distractive — tending to distract.
- distractors — Plural form of distractor.
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- dithyrambic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a dithyramb, or an impassioned oration.
- divaricated — Spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem.
- divaricator — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- diverticula — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- 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.
- doctrinaire — a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
- doctrinally — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- 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 curtain — a flap on a canvas cover for a binnacle, affording a view of the compass when raised.
- dog-catcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- dogcatchers — Plural form of dogcatcher.
- downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
- draft chair — a chair so designed as to fend off drafts from behind, as a wing chair.
- dramaticism — a dramatic character or way of behaving
- dramaturgic — Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage.
- drastically — acting with force or violence; violent.