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14-letter words containing d, e, m, i, r

  • determinations — Plural form of determination.
  • determinatives — Plural form of determinative.
  • determinedness — The state or quality of being determined.
  • detrimentality — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
  • device manager — (operating system)   The Microsoft Windows control panel applet used to enable, disable and configure the hardware on which Windows is running. You can launch Device Manager via the Control Panel/System or directly with: rundll32.exe devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute (2008-04-16)
  • devil-may-care — If you say that someone has a devil-may-care attitude, you mean that they seem relaxed and do not seem worried about the consequences of their actions.
  • diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
  • diamond geezer — a very nice or good man
  • diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
  • diastereomeric — having the properties of or pertaining to a diastereoisomer
  • diathermaneity — the quality of being diathermanous
  • diffeomorphism — a differentiable homeomorphism.
  • diffractometer — an instrument that is used to study atomic crystal structure by measuring the angles at which x-rays, neutrons, or electrons are diffracted by matter.
  • diffractometry — The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction.
  • digital camera — a camera that records images in digital form by means of a device that converts the optical image to an electrical signal.
  • dimenhydrinate — a synthetic, crystalline, antihistamine powder, C 17 H 22 NO⋅C 7 H 6 ClN 4 O 2 , used in the treatment of allergic disorders and as a preventive for seasickness and airsickness.
  • dimethyl ether — Dimethyl ether is a compound used as a propellant in aerosol canisters.
  • direct primary — a primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote.
  • direct-examine — to subject to direct examination. Compare cross-examine (def 2).
  • disarrangement — Upset of the normal order.
  • disaster movie — a film in which a disastrous event such as an earthquake, fire, air crash etc is the focus of the action
  • discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
  • discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
  • disconcertment — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
  • disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
  • discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
  • discriminately — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
  • discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
  • disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
  • disembarrassed — Simple past tense and past participle of disembarrass.
  • disempowerment — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
  • disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
  • disencumbrance — the removal of an encumbrance
  • disentrainment — the act of discharging troops from a train
  • disequilibrium — lack of equilibrium; imbalance.
  • disfigurements — Plural form of disfigurement.
  • disfurnishment — the act or quality of disfurnishing
  • disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
  • disheartenment — The act of disheartening.
  • distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
  • divertissement — a diversion or entertainment.
  • documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
  • domain address — (networking)   The name of a host on the Internet belonging to the hierarchy of Internet domains.
  • domestic court — (in England) a magistrates' court for domestic proceedings, such as matrimonial, guardianship, custodianship, affiliation, or adoption disputes
  • domestic rates — a type of taxation system used to fund local government
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
  • dummy variable — a variable appearing in a mathematical expression that can be replaced by any arbitrary variable, not occurring in the expression, without affecting the value of the whole
  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
  • dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
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