11-letter words containing d, e, l, i, r
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
- differently — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- 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.
- dilatometer — a device for measuring expansion caused by changes in temperature in substances.
- 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.
- dingleberry — Slang. a small clot of dung, as clinging to the hindquarters of an animal.
- dinner bell — signal: dinnertime
- dinner lady — female cook in school canteen
- dinner roll — a small round piece of bread provided as a side dish as part of a meal
- dinnerplate — A plate on which dinner can be served.
- diode laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
- 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.
- 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.
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directorial — pertaining to a director or directorate.
- direfulness — the state or fact of being direful
- dirlotapide — A drug used to treat obesity in dogs.
- dirty linen — intimate secrets, esp those that might give rise to gossip
- disannuller — a person who disannuls
- disbeliever — A person who refuses to believe something or who lacks religious faith.
- disbursable — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- 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.
- discernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernible — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernibly — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discerpible — Capable of being discerped.
- discipliner — Agent noun of discipline: one who disciplines.
- disclaimers — Plural form of disclaimer.
- disclosures — Plural form of disclosure.
- discolorate — (transitive, dated) To discolor.
- discoloured — (British) alternative spelling of discolored.
- disenrolled — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disentrayle — to pass out as if from the entrails
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- disgruntled — displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish: Her disgruntled husband refused to join us.
- disgruntles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disgruntle.
- dish aerial — a microwave aerial, used esp in radar, radio telescopes, and satellite broadcasting, consisting of a parabolic reflector
- disk flower — one of a number of small tubular flowers composing the disk of certain composite plants.
- disparately — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- dispersedly — In a dispersed manner; in a scattered way, here and there.
- dispersible — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- displeasure — dissatisfaction, disapproval, or annoyance.
- disprovable — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.