11-letter words containing a, r, d
- dexiocardia — dextrocardia.
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- dharmashala — (in South Asia) a building devoted to religious or charitable purposes, especially a rest house for travelers.
- diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
- diacritical — of or relating to a diacritic
- diagramming — a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem, mathematical demonstration, etc.
- diametrical — of or along a diameter
- diamond bar — a city in SW California.
- diamorphine — heroin.
- diaper rash — (in babies) any irritation to the skin around the genitals, anus, or buttocks, usually caused by contact with urine or excrement
- diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
- diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diaphragmic — Which uses, or which is located in or near, the diaphragm.
- diarrhoetic — Alternative form of diarrhetic.
- diarthroses — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
- diarthrosis — any freely movable joint, such as the shoulder and hip joints
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- 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.
- diatessaron — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fourth
- 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.
- dicasteries — Plural form of dicastery.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichromatic — having or consisting of only two colours
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- dictatorial — Dictatorial means controlled or used by a dictator.
- die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- diefenbaker — John George, 1895–1979, prime minister of Canada 1957–63.
- dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
- differentia — the character or attribute by which one species is distinguished from all others of the same genus.
- 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.
- digger wasp — any of numerous solitary wasps of the family Sphecidae, which excavate nests in soil, wood, etc., and provision them with prey paralyzed by stinging.
- digitigrade — walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals.
- digladiator — a person who contends or fights
- dignitaries — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- dilacerated — Simple past tense and past participle of dilacerate.
- dilapidator — One who dilapidates, a person committing dilapidation.
- dilatometer — a device for measuring expansion caused by changes in temperature in substances.
- dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks
- 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.
- dining area — room or hall in which meals are served
- dinner lady — female cook in school canteen
- dinnerplate — A plate on which dinner can be served.
- dinnerwares — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
- dinosaurian — pertaining to or of the nature of a dinosaur.
- diode laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
- diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
- 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.