10-letter words containing d, i, e, r
- demivierge — a woman who engages in promiscuous sexual activity but retains her virginity
- democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- demolisher — One who demolishes.
- demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- denaturing — Present participle of denature.
- denaturize — denature.
- dendriform — branching or treelike in appearance
- dendrimers — Plural form of dendrimer.
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- dendroidal — Dendroid; resembling a shrub or tree.
- dendrophis — a genus of harmless tree-dwelling snake, of which varieties can be found in South America, India, Australia, Africa, and North America
- denigrated — Simple past tense and past participle of denigrate.
- denigrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denigrate.
- denigrator — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- densimeter — any instrument for measuring density
- dentifrice — any substance, esp paste or powder, for use in cleaning the teeth
- denturists — Plural form of denturist.
- deodoriser — A device for removing or covering obnoxious odors; a device to dispense deodorant.
- deodorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deodorize.
- deodorizer — any substance or device used in deodorizing something; esp., a spray or the like used to mask odors, as in a room
- deoxidiser — Alternative form of deoxidizer.
- deoxidizer — Any agent that reduces the oxygen content of a material; a deoxidant.
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- depolarize — to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization
- depositary — a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation
- depositors — Plural form of depositor.
- depository — A depository is a place where objects can be stored safely.
- depreciate — If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
- depressing — Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- depressive — Depressive means relating to depression or to being depressed.
- deprivable — Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
- depurating — Present participle of depurate.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- depurative — used for or capable of depurating; purifying; purgative
- deracemize — (chemistry) To convert a racemic mixture into one or other of the enantiomers.
- deracinate — to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
- derailleur — a mechanism for changing gear on bicycles, consisting of a device that lifts the driving chain from one sprocket wheel to another of different size
- derailment — A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running.
- derbyshire — a county of N central England: contains the Peak District and several resorts with mineral springs: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the city of Derby, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Matlock. Pop (excluding Derby city): 743 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Derby city): 2551 sq km (985 sq miles)
- deregister — to remove (oneself, a car, etc) from a register
- derestrict — to render or leave free from restriction, esp a road from speed limits
- deridingly — In a deriding way; mockingly.
- derisively — characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking: derisive heckling.
- derisorily — In a derisory manner.
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- derivative — A derivative is something which has been developed or obtained from something else.
- derivatize — to alter (a chemical compound) via a chemical reaction, so that it becomes a derivative