10-letter words containing d, e, s, t
- dostoevsky — Fyodor Mikhailovich [fyoh-der mi-kahy-luh-vich;; Russian fyaw-duh r myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˈfyoʊ dər mɪˈkaɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈfyɔ dər myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, Russian novelist.
- doubletons — Plural form of doubleton.
- doughtiest — Superlative form of doughty.
- downcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of downcast.
- downstater — A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
- downstream — upstream
- downstreet — Toward the lower part of a street.
- downstroke — a downward stroke, as of a machine part, piston, or the like.
- downtrends — Plural form of downtrend.
- draconites — a type of precious stone thought to be found in a dragon's head
- draftiness — The characteristic of being drafty.
- drakestone — a flat stone thrown across the surface of water so as to make it skim or skip before sinking
- dramatised — Simple past tense and past participle of dramatise.
- dramatises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatise, an alternative spelling of 'dramatize'.
- dramatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatize.
- draw-sheet — a sheet that can be easily removed from underneath a patient in a bed
- drawplates — Plural form of drawplate.
- dreamboats — Plural form of dreamboat.
- dress coat — tail coat.
- dress suit — a man's suit for formal evening dress, with tail coat and open-front waistcoat.
- drill stem — A drill stem is all the parts of the equipment used for rotary drilling.
- dripstones — Plural form of dripstone.
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- drosometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of dew formed on a given surface.
- drug store — the place of business of a druggist, usually also selling cosmetics, stationery, toothpaste, mouthwash, cigarettes, etc., and sometimes soft drinks and light meals.
- drugs test — a check for the presence of banned substances in someone's blood or urine
- drugstores — Plural form of drugstore.
- dry offset — letterset.
- dry socket — a painful inflammatory infection of the bone and tissues at the site of an extracted tooth.
- drysaltery — The articles kept by a drysalter for sale.
- duodenitis — inflammation of the duodenum.
- duotheists — Plural form of duotheist.
- duplicates — Plural form of duplicate.
- durometers — Plural form of durometer.
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
- dust devil — a small whirlwind 10–100 feet (3–30 meters) in diameter and from several hundred to 1000 feet (305 meters) high, common in dry regions on hot, calm afternoons and made visible by the dust, debris, and sand it picks up from the ground.
- dust mouse — a dust ball.
- dust sheet — A dust sheet is a large cloth which is used to cover objects such as furniture in order to protect them from dust.
- dust-bathe — (of a bird) to squat in dusty soil and fluff dust through the plumage: probably performed to combat ectoparasites.
- dustjacket — Alternative form of dust jacket.
- dustsheets — Plural form of dustsheet.
- dusty deck — Old software (especially applications) which one is obliged to remain compatible with, or to maintain. DP types call this "legacy code", a term hackers consider smarmy and excessively reverent. The term implies that the software in question is a holdover from card-punch days. Used especially when referring to old scientific and number crunching software, much of which was written in Fortran and very poorly documented but is believed to be too expensive to replace. See fossil; compare crawling horror.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- dutchesses — Plural form of dutchess.
- duty-frees — goods sold in a duty-free shop
- dyophysite — the presence of the divine and human natures in Jesus Christ
- dyscrasite — an alloy of antimony and silver
- dysenteric — Of, relating, or pertaining to dysentery.
- dysgenetic — (genetics) Of, pertaining to, or causing dysgenesis.
- dyskinetic — difficulty or abnormality in performing voluntary muscular movements.