7-letter words containing d, e, n, r
- deniker — Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1852–1918, French anthropologist and naturalist.
- denmark — a kingdom in N Europe, between the Baltic and the North Sea: consists of the mainland of Jutland and about 100 inhabited islands (chiefly Zealand, Lolland, Funen, Falster, Langeland, and Bornholm); extended its territory throughout the Middle Ages, ruling Sweden until 1523 and Norway until 1814, and incorporating Greenland as a province from 1953 to 1979; joined the Common Market (now the EU) in 1973; an important exporter of dairy produce. Language: Danish. Religion: Christian, Lutheran majority. Currency: krone. Capital: Copenhagen. Pop: 5 556 452 (2013 est). Area: 43 031 sq km (16 614 sq miles)
- dentary — a bone in the lower jaw of non-mammalian vertebrates, which holds the teeth
- denture — a partial or full set of artificial teeth
- deraign — to contest (a claim, suit, etc)
- derange — to disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into disorder; disarrange
- derbent — a port in S Russia, in the Dagestan Republic on the Caspian Sea: founded by the Persians in the 6th century. Pop: 106 000 (2005 est)
- dernful — sorrowful, mournful, gloomy
- dernier — last
- derping — Present participle of derp.
- derring — (obsolete) daring; warlike.
- derwent — a river in S Australia, in S Tasmania, flowing southeast to the Tasman Sea. Length: 172 km (107 miles)
- detrain — to leave or cause to leave a railway train, as passengers, etc
- dextran — a polysaccharide produced by the action of bacteria on sucrose: used as a substitute for plasma in blood transfusions
- dextrin — any of a group of sticky substances that are intermediate products in the conversion of starch to maltose: used as thickening agents in foods and as gums
- dineric — of or relating to the face of separation of two immiscible liquid phases.
- dingers — Plural form of dinger.
- dingier — Comparative form of dingy.
- dinners — Plural form of dinner.
- dirksen — Everett McKinley, 1896–1969, U.S. politician.
- discern — to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
- diviner — a theologian; scholar in religion.
- dnieper — a river rising in the W Russian Federation flowing S through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Ukraine to the Black Sea. 1400 miles (2250 km) long.
- donnerd — stupid
- donnert — stunned
- doormen — Plural form of doorman.
- dourine — an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- downers — Plural form of downer.
- downier — Comparative form of downy.
- dracone — A large bag used to transport a petroleum product (especially unprocessed crude oil) by sea.
- dragnet — a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
- drained — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- drainer — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- drammen — a port in S Norway. Pop: 56 688 (2004 est)
- drecnet — /drek'net/ [Yiddish/German "dreck", meaning filth] Deliberate distortion of DECNET, a networking protocol used in the VMS community. So called because DEC helped write the Ethernet specification and then (either stupidly or as a malignant customer-control tactic) violated that spec in the design of DRECNET in a way that made it incompatible. See also connector conspiracy.
- drenthe — a province in E Netherlands. 1011 sq. mi. (2620 sq. km).
- dresden — a state in E central Germany. 6561 sq. mi. (16,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden.
- driness — Archaic form of dryness.
- drinked — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of drink.
- drinker — a person who drinks.
- drowned — Die through submersion in and inhalation of water.
- drowner — Someone who is drowning.
- drucken — drunken
- drunked — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of drink.
- drunken — intoxicated; drunk.
- drunker — Comparative form of drunk.
- dryness — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- dunarea — Romanian name of the Dvina.
- duncery — the characteristic behaviour or the state of being a dunce or a dullard
- dunkers — any flavorful sauce, dip, gravy, etc., into which portions of food are dipped before eating.