11-letter words containing d, a, i
- drug-taking — the activity of taking illegal drugs
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- dry farming — a system of growing crops in arid or semiarid regions without artificial irrigation, by reducing evaporation and by special methods of tillage
- dry martini — cocktail
- du vigneaud — Vincent, 1901–78, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955.
- dualization — to make dual.
- dues-paying — gaining experience, especially by hard and often unpleasant or uncongenial work: He spent his dues-paying years as a cocktail pianist.
- dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- duncanville — a town in N Texas.
- dundrearies — an expression for long whiskers or side-burns on the side of the face when present without a beard
- duniewassal — a gentleman, especially a cadet of a ranking family, among the Highlanders of Scotland.
- duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.
- duplicating — Present participle of duplicate.
- duplication — an act or instance of duplicating.
- duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- dustbin man — (in British English) a man that is employed to collect domestic refuse
- dutch chair — a chair of c1700, derived from Dutch models, having curved uprights, a wide splat joined to the seat rail, and cabriole legs.
- dynamic ram — dynamic random-access memory
- dynamically — Of a dynamic nature; variable or constantly changing nature.
- dynasticism — a system of government in which the rulers are all drawn from the same family
- dyscalculia — Severe difficulty in making arithmetical calculations, as a result of brain disorder.
- dysesthesia — (medicine) A condition caused by lesions of the nervous system that causes abnormal sensations such as burning, wetness, or itching.
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- dyspathetic — characterized by dyspathy
- dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
- dysrhythmia — a disturbance of rhythm, as of speech or of brain waves recorded by an electroencephalograph.
- dyssynergia — (medicine) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly.
- dysthanasia — (medicine, rare) The undue prolongation of life by artificial means in a person who cannot otherwise survive.
- east indian — Indonesian: of the East Indies
- east indies — Indonesia
- east riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in NE England, now part of Humberside.
- edaphically — In terms of soil conditions.
- edi analyst — (job) A person who introduces EDI standards and technology. An EDI analyst makes decisions for information construction and selects resources for EDI processing and application expansion. He coordinates processing and transmission schedules and mapping of standard data formats. He generally serves as a key contact for trading partners and value-added network consultants.
- edible crab — a species of crab, Cancer pagurus, found in the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, and the North Atlantic
- edification — an act of edifying.
- edificatory — intended or serving to edify.
- editorially — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- edp auditor — (job) A person who analyses system functions and operations to determine adequate security and controls. An EDP analyst evaluates systems and operational procedures and reports findings to senior management. He writes ad hoc report programs using 4GLs and specialised audit software.
- educability — capable of being educated.
- educational — pertaining to education.
- edutainment — television programs, movies, books, etc., that are both educational and entertaining, especially those intended primarily for children in the elementary grades.
- edward viii — (Duke of Windsor) 1894–1972, king of Great Britain 1936: abdicated (son of George V; brother of George VI).
- effeminated — (of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
- eicosanoids — Plural form of eicosanoid.
- eid-ul-adha — an annual Muslim festival marking the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca. Animals are sacrificed and their meat shared among the poor
- eidetically — In an eidetic way.