10-letter words containing d, e, n, m
- densimeter — any instrument for measuring density
- dental dam — Also called rubber dam. a thin piece of latex placed over the tooth or teeth being treated during endodontic treatment or other dental work.
- denudement — the condition of being denuded
- department — A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
- deployment — The deployment of troops, resources, or equipment is the organization and positioning of them so that they are ready for quick action.
- deportment — Your deportment is the way you behave, especially the way you walk and move.
- derailment — A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running.
- derivement — (obsolete) That which is derived; deduction; inference.
- dermatogen — a meristem at the apex of stems and roots that gives rise to the epidermis
- des moines — a city in S central Iowa: state capital. Pop: 196 093 (2003 est)
- designatum — (semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
- designment — designation, design
- desirement — (nonstandard) something that is desired, but not absolutely required.
- desmoulins — (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoît) (kamij). 1760–94, French revolutionary leader, pamphleteer, and orator
- destemming — to remove the stem from (a fruit or vegetable); stem.
- detachment — Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
- detail man — a salesman for a pharmaceutical firm who visits doctors, dentists, etc. in a certain district to promote new drugs
- detainment — to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- determents — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- determined — If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and will not let anything stop you.
- determiner — In grammar, a determiner is a word which is used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate, for example, which thing you are referring to or whether you are referring to one thing or several. Common English determiners are 'a', 'the', 'some', 'this', and 'each'.
- determines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of determine.
- detriments — Plural form of detriment.
- devotement — The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.
- devourment — the act of devouring
- diamantane — (chemistry) A diamondoid consisting of two face-fused cages.
- diamantine — of or resembling diamonds
- diamondize — (transitive) To set with diamonds; to adorn or enrich.
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- dime novel — a cheap melodramatic or sensational novel, usually in paperback and selling for ten cents, especially such an adventure novel popular c1850 to c1920.
- dimensions — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dimetrodon — an extinct carnivorous mammallike reptile, of the genus Dimetrodon, dominant in North America during the Permian Period, up to 10 feet (3.1 meter) long and usually bearing spinal sails.
- diminished — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- diminishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diminish.
- diminuendo — a gradual reduction of force or loudness.
- diminutive — small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout.
- dimplement — the state of being dimpled
- dinnertime — the period set aside for eating dinner.
- dipchemeng — Diploma in Chemical Engineering
- diphenamid — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 16 H 17 ON, used to control weed growth on lawns and various croplands.
- diremption — a sharp division into two parts; disjunction; separation.
- disamenity — The unpleasant quality or character of something.
- disanimate — to deprive (a person or thing) of vigour or spirit
- disbarment — to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- discommend — to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.
- diseconomy — a lack of economy.
- diseminate — Misspelling of disseminate.
- disencharm — To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
- disimagine — to shun from the imagination
- dismalness — The state or quality of being dismal.