10-letter words containing c, d, r, o
- decorators — Plural form of decorator.
- decorously — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- decreation — Destruction.
- decreolize — to modify (a creole language) in the direction of a standard form of the language on which most of the vocabulary of the creole is based.
- decryption — to decode or decipher.
- dedecorate — (obsolete, transitive) To bring to shame; to disgrace.
- dedicatory — of or as a dedication
- defalcator — A defaulter or embezzler.
- deflectors — Plural form of deflector.
- deforciant — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- defrocking — Present participle of defrock.
- demarcator — to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of: to demarcate a piece of property.
- democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- denouncers — Plural form of denouncer.
- deprecator — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deschooler — an advocate of deschooling
- descriptor — a word or phrase which constitutes the descriptive element of a sentence
- desecrator — to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- destructor — a furnace or incinerator for the disposal of refuse, esp one that uses the resulting heat to generate power
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detractors — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detractory — (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- dichloride — a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dichlorvos — an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections
- 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–
- dichromism — the state of being dichromic
- 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
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- diorthotic — involving or relating to the revision of a literary text
- directions — the act or an instance of directing.
- directoire — noting or pertaining to the style of French furnishings and decoration of the mid-1790s, characterized by an increasing use of Greco-Roman forms along with an introduction, toward the end, of Egyptian motifs: usually includes the Consulate period.
- disaccords — Plural form of disaccord.
- disclosers — Plural form of discloser.
- disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- discolored — Changed in color in a way that is less attractive.
- discolours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discolour.
- discomfort — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconcert — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- disconfirm — to prove to be invalid.
- discordant — being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
- discording — Present participle of discord.