11-letter words containing d, i, e, r
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diarrhoetic — Alternative form of diarrhetic.
- diarthroses — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
- diatessaron — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fourth
- dicasteries — Plural form of dicastery.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichroscope — an instrument for investigating the dichroism of solutions or crystals
- didgeridoos — Plural form of didgeridoo.
- die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- diefenbaker — John George, 1895–1979, prime minister of Canada 1957–63.
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
- differences — Plural form of difference.
- differentia — the character or attribute by which one species is distinguished from all others of the same genus.
- differently — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- diffractive — causing or pertaining to diffraction.
- digger pine — a pine, Pinus sabiniana, of California, having drooping, grayish-green needles and large, heavy cones with edible seeds.
- digger wasp — any of numerous solitary wasps of the family Sphecidae, which excavate nests in soil, wood, etc., and provision them with prey paralyzed by stinging.
- digitigrade — walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals.
- diglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of two hydroxyl groups with fatty acids.
- dignitaries — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- digressions — Plural form of digression.
- dilacerated — Simple past tense and past participle of dilacerate.
- dilatometer — a device for measuring expansion caused by changes in temperature in substances.
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- dingleberry — Slang. a small clot of dung, as clinging to the hindquarters of an animal.
- dining area — room or hall in which meals are served
- dinner bell — signal: dinnertime
- dinner fork — a fork used to eat the main course of a meal.
- dinner hour — lunch hour
- dinner lady — female cook in school canteen
- dinner ring — a woman's ring, usually with a large, ornate setting.
- dinner roll — a small round piece of bread provided as a side dish as part of a meal
- dinner suit — a dinner jacket and trousers, often worn with a bow tie at formal events
- dinnerplate — A plate on which dinner can be served.
- dinnerwares — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- diode laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
- diopsimeter — an instrument for measuring the field of vision.
- dioptometer — an instrument for measuring the refraction of the eye.
- diphtheroid — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
- dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
- direct cost — a cost that can be related directly to the production of a product or to a particular function or service.
- direct mail — mail, usually consisting of advertising matter, appeals for donations, or the like, sent simultaneously to large numbers of possible individual customers or contributors. Abbreviation: DM.
- direct rule — Direct rule is a system in which a central government rules an area which has had its own parliament or law-making organization in the past.
- direct-dial — being a telephone or telephone system enabling long-distance calls to be direct-dialed.
- directed oc — (language) (Doc) A language related to Oc.
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directivity — (geology) The effect of earthquake motion propagation being greater in the direction of the rupture.