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11-letter words containing d, e, a, s

  • dreamlessly — In a dreamless way; without dreams.
  • dreamscapes — Plural form of dreamscape.
  • dressmakers — Plural form of dressmaker.
  • dressmaking — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
  • drillmaster — a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.
  • drive shaft — a shaft for imparting torque from a power source or prime mover to machinery.
  • dromaeosaur — Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
  • dromedaries — Plural form of dromedary.
  • drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)
  • dry measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring dry commodities, as grain or fruit. In the U.S. 2 pints = 1 quart (1.101 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (8.810 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (35.24 liters). In Great Britain 2 pints = 1 quart (1.136 liters); 4 quarts = 1 gallon (4.546 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (9.092 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (36.37 liters); 8 bushels = 1 quarter (291.0 liters).
  • dry-cleanse — to dry-clean.
  • dry-roasted — roasted with no oil, or less oil than is usually used in roasting, so that the product is drier, crisper, and less caloric: dry-roasted peanuts.
  • duck's arse — a hairstyle in which the hair is swept back to a point at the nape of the neck, resembling a duck's tail
  • dues-paying — gaining experience, especially by hard and often unpleasant or uncongenial work: He spent his dues-paying years as a cocktail pianist.
  • dumb sheave — a block having no sheave or other part rolling with the movement of a line.
  • dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
  • dunderheads — Plural form of dunderhead.
  • 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.
  • duplex scan — a scan that uses sound waves to show how well the blood is flowing in arteries
  • durableness — Durability.
  • dust jacket — book jacket.
  • duster coat — a woman's loose summer coat with wide sleeves and no buttons, popular in the mid-20th century
  • dysesthesia — (medicine) A condition caused by lesions of the nervous system that causes abnormal sensations such as burning, wetness, or itching.
  • dyspareunia — painful coitus.
  • dyspathetic — characterized by dyspathy
  • dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
  • dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
  • dyssynergia — (medicine) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly.
  • early doors — at an early stage
  • east indian — Indonesian: of the East Indies
  • east indies — Indonesia
  • east london — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
  • east meadow — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • east riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in NE England, now part of Humberside.
  • edgar guest — Edgar A(lbert) 1881–1959, U.S. journalist and writer of verse, born in England.
  • 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.
  • egg custard — sweet custard made with milk and egg and baked
  • eglandulose — eglandular
  • eicosanoids — Plural form of eicosanoid.
  • eisenstaedt — Alfred. 1898–1995, US photographer, born in Germany; noted for his photograph of a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square, New York on V-J Day in 1945
  • el salvador — country in Central America
  • elasticated — (of a garment or material) made elastic by the insertion of rubber thread or tape.
  • elasticised — Simple past tense and past participle of elasticise.
  • elasticized — Simple past tense and past participle of elasticize.
  • ellipsoidal — Alternative form of ellipsoid.
  • elucidators — Plural form of elucidator.
  • emasculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emasculate.
  • embarrassed — Feeling or showing embarrassment.
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