11-letter words containing d, i, e, r
- divergingly — in a diverging manner
- diverseness — of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions.
- diversified — distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects: diversified activity.
- diversifier — One who or that which diversifies.
- diversifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diversify.
- diversiform — differing in form; of various forms.
- diversional — offering diversion or recreation; diverting.
- diversities — the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness: diversity of opinion.
- diverticula — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- diverticuli — Misspelling of diverticula.
- divertingly — In a diverting manner.
- divestiture — the act of divesting.
- divorcement — divorce; separation.
- dixielander — a musician specializing in Dixieland jazz.
- diytterbium — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two ytterbium atoms in a molecule.
- do a perish — to die or come near to dying of thirst or starvation
- dock strike — an industrial dispute involving dock workers
- doctrinaire — a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
- dog fancier — a person with a special interest in dogs
- dog officer — dogcatcher.
- dolorimeter — an instrument used in dolorimetry.
- dolorimetry — a technique for measuring the sensitivity to pain produced by heat rays focused on an area of skin and recorded in dols.
- domineering — inclined to rule arbitrarily or despotically; overbearing; tyrannical: domineering parents.
- donkey ride — a ride on the back of a donkey, esp for recreation
- dorian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from D to D.
- dormitories — Plural form of dormitory.
- 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.
- 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.
- double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- downriggers — Plural form of downrigger.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.
- draize test — a test assessing the potential of drugs, chemicals, cosmetics, and other commercial products to produce irritation, pain, or damage to the human eye by studying its effect on a rabbit's eye.
- draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
- draw a line — If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them.
- draw weight — the measured force, in foot-pounds, stored by an archery bow when fully drawn.
- drawbridges — Plural form of drawbridge.
- drawing pen — a pen with a fine nib used for drawing
- dress shirt — a man's shirt worn for formal or semiformal evening dress, usually having French cuffs and a stiff or pleated front to be fastened with studs.
- dressing-up — When children play at dressing-up, they put on special or different clothes and pretend to be different people.
- dressmaking — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- dried fruit — Dried fruit is fruit that has been preserved by being dried; used especially to refer to currants, raisins, or sultanas, which are kinds of dried grapes.
- drift angle — the angle made by the path of a drifting vessel with its heading.
- drill press — a drilling machine having a single vertical spindle.
- drill tower — a structure, usually of concrete and steel, that resembles a building and is used by firefighters for practicing and improving firefighting techniques.
- drillmaster — a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.
- drink-drive — Drink-drive means relating to drink-driving.