11-letter words containing d, i, c, o
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- depreciator — One who depreciates.
- derecognise — Alternative spelling of derecognize.
- derecognize — to cease to recognize (a trade union) as having special negotiating rights within a company or industry
- dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- descamisado — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- descloizite — a mineral, lead zinc vanadate.
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- descriptors — Plural form of descriptor.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- desiccation — Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
- desk copier — a photocopier compact enough to fit on a desk, table, or similar surface.
- desmodromic — (of mechanisms, almost exclusively of valves) that are controlled in both directions of their movement. A desmodromic valve is one which is actively both opened and closed by a mechanism rather than by a spring
- desocialize — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- dessication — Misspelling of desiccation.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- detectorist — a person whose hobby is using a metal detector
- detoxicated — Simple past tense and past participle of detoxicate.
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- devocalized — Simple past tense and past participle of devocalize.
- dexiocardia — dextrocardia.
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right
- diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
- diacoustics — the branch of physics that deals with refracted sound
- diagnostics — the art or practice of diagnosis, esp of diseases
- dialogistic — a speaker in a dialogue.
- diamondback — any edible North American terrapin of the genus Malaclemys, esp M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae
- diaphonical — Diacoustic; diaphonic.
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diarrhoetic — Alternative form of diarrhetic.
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
- diatonicism — the use of diatonic harmony; composition in a diatonic idiom.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichlobenil — a nonselective preemergence herbicide, C 7 H 3 Cl 2 N, used primarily as a weed and grass killer.
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dichotomies — Botany. a mode of branching by constant forking, as in some stems, in veins of leaves, etc.
- dichotomise — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomist — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomize — to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichromatic — having or consisting of only two colours
- dichroscope — an instrument for investigating the dichroism of solutions or crystals
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- dicotyledon — any flowering plant of the class Dicotyledonae, normally having two embryonic seed leaves and leaves with netlike veins. The group includes many herbaceous plants and most families of trees and shrubs
- dictational — the act or manner of dictating for reproduction in writing.