10-letter words containing a, r, i, d
- derogation — a lessening or weakening (of power, authority, position, etc.)
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- descriable — Capable of being descried (detected or perceived).
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- desiderata — something wanted or needed.
- desiderate — to feel the lack of or need for; long for; miss
- designator — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desirables — Plural form of desirable.
- desireable — Archaic form of desirable.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- despairing — marked by or resulting from despair; hopeless or desperate
- destratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- detracting — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detractive — tending or seeking to detract.
- detraining — to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- deurbanize — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- devalorize — Devalue.
- devanagari — a syllabic script in which Sanskrit, Hindi, and other modern languages of India are written
- dewatering — the act of removing water
- dextrality — the state or quality of having the right side or its parts or members different from and, usually, more efficient than the left side or its parts or members; right-handedness.
- dextrinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a dextrin.
- dhaulagiri — a mountain in W central Nepal, in the Himalayas. Height: 8172 m (26 810 ft)
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- diacritics — Plural form of diacritic.
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- diagometer — an instrument invented by Rousseau, formerly used to measure the electrical conductivity of substances
- diagraming — Present participle of diagram.
- diagrammed — Simple past tense and past participle of diagram.
- diagraphic — descriptive; relating to illustration by drawing or graphics
- dial train — Horology. the part of a going train that drives the minute and hour hands.
- diaphorase — a flavoprotein enzyme operating in mitochondria, acting as a catalyst in the process of dye reduction or oxidation
- diaphragms — Plural form of diaphragm.
- diarrhetic — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- diarrhoeal — Standard spelling of diarrheal.
- diathermal — of or relating to diathermy
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- diatribist — a person who uses diatribes in his or her speeches or writing, etc
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- diaz miron — Salvador [sahl-vah-th awr] /ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Mexican poet.
- diaz ordaz — Gustavo [goos-tah-vaw] /gusˈtɑ vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–79, Mexican teacher, jurist, and public official: president 1964–70.
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- dictagraph — Alt form dictograph.
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- diffracted — Simple past tense and past participle of diffract.