11-letter words containing c, i, d, e, r
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dernier cri — the latest fashion; the last word
- derrickhand — A derrickhand is a member of the drilling crew who works on a platform above the rig floor and handles the drillpipe.
- desacralize — to render less sacred; to secularize
- describable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- descriptive — Descriptive language or writing indicates what someone or something is like.
- descriptors — Plural form of descriptor.
- desecrating — Present participle of desecrate.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- desk copier — a photocopier compact enough to fit on a desk, table, or similar surface.
- desmodromic — (of mechanisms, almost exclusively of valves) that are controlled in both directions of their movement. A desmodromic valve is one which is actively both opened and closed by a mechanism rather than by a spring
- destructing — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
- detectorist — a person whose hobby is using a metal detector
- determinacy — the quality of being defined or fixed
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- dexiocardia — dextrocardia.
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right
- diametrical — of or along a diameter
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diarrhoetic — Alternative form of diarrhetic.
- dicasteries — Plural form of dicastery.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichroscope — an instrument for investigating the dichroism of solutions or crystals
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- differences — Plural form of difference.
- diffractive — causing or pertaining to diffraction.
- diglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of two hydroxyl groups with fatty acids.
- dilacerated — Simple past tense and past participle of dilacerate.
- 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.
- 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 cost — a cost that can be related directly to the production of a product or to a particular function or service.
- 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 rule — Direct rule is a system in which a central government rules an area which has had its own parliament or law-making organization in the past.
- direct-dial — being a telephone or telephone system enabling long-distance calls to be direct-dialed.
- directed oc — (language) (Doc) A language related to Oc.
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directivity — (geology) The effect of earthquake motion propagation being greater in the direction of the rupture.
- directorate — the office of a director.
- directorial — pertaining to a director or directorate.
- directories — directory
- disaccorded — Simple past tense and past participle of disaccord.
- disaccredit — to take away the accreditation or authorization of: to disaccredit a diplomat.
- disc camera — a camera that accepts a film cartridge in the form of a rotatable disc with film frames mounted around the outer edge.
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
- discardable — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.