11-letter words containing d, i, e, o
- dorsetshire — a county in S England. 1024 sq. mi. (2650 sq. km).
- dorsiferous — borne on the back, as the sori on most ferns.
- dorsiflexor — a muscle causing dorsiflexion.
- dot etching — a method of making corrections in halftone positives or negatives by using chemicals to reduce the size of halftone dots.
- dotted line — a line on a contract or similar document for a party's signature.
- dotted pair — (programming) The usual LISP syntax for representing a cons cell that is not a list. For example, the expression (cons 'foo 42) returns a cons cell that is output as (foo . 42) which represents a cons cell whose car is the symbol "foo" and whose cdr is the integer 42.
- douay bible — an English translation of the Bible, prepared by Roman Catholic scholars from the Vulgate. The New Testament was published at Rheims in 1582 and the Old Testament was published at Douai in 1609–10.
- double bill — presentation: two films
- double bind — Psychology. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, especially by a parent, such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.
- double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
- double ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- double knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double life — If you say that someone is living a double life, you mean that they lead two separate and very different lives, and they appear to be a different person in each.
- double tide — agger (def 1).
- double time — a doubled wage rate, paid for working on public holidays, etc
- double whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- double-bill — to bill (different accounts) for the same charge: He double-billed different clients for the same business trip.
- double-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
- double-tide — Also called double tide. Oceanography. a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again. a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- double-time — to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
- double-wide — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- doubled sig — A sig block that has been included twice in a Usenet article or, less commonly, in an electronic mail message. An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software. More often, however, it reveals the author's lack of experience in electronic communication. See BIFF, pseudo.
- doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
- doublewides — Plural form of doublewide.
- doughtiness — steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.
- doveishness — the characteristic of being like a dove, esp. in a political sense in the US
- dovetailing — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- down ticket — relating to or noting a candidate or political contest that is relatively low-profile and local compared to one listed in a higher place on the ballot: Very popular presidential nominees often cause down-ballot candidates to win.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- downriggers — Plural form of downrigger.
- downshifted — Simple past tense and past participle of downshift.
- downwelling — a downward current of surface water in the ocean, usually caused by differences in the density of seawater.
- doxycycline — a synthetic analog of a broad-spectrum antibiotic tetracycline drug, C 22 H 24 N 2 O 8 , used against a wide range of susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drill tower — a structure, usually of concrete and steel, that resembles a building and is used by firefighters for practicing and improving firefighting techniques.
- drip coffee — a beverage prepared in a vessel in which boiling water filters from a top compartment through the coffee into a pot below.
- dromedaries — Plural form of dromedary.
- dronishness — the quality or capacity to drone
- drop a line — send a message
- drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drop cookie — a cookie made by dropping batter from a spoon onto a cookie sheet for baking.
- drouthiness — the state or condition of being thirsty or dry
- druid stone — sarsen.
- dubiousness — doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
- duke it out — (in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a duchy; the sovereign of a small state.
- duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.
- duotheistic — Of or relating to duotheism.
- dyotheletic — relating to Dyotheletes
- dystrophies — Plural form of dystrophy.