14-letter words containing d, i, e, r
- differentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- differentially — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- differentiated — Recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different.
- differentiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of differentiate.
- differentiator — a person or thing that differentiates.
- diffractometer — an instrument that is used to study atomic crystal structure by measuring the angles at which x-rays, neutrons, or electrons are diffracted by matter.
- diffractometry — The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction.
- diffuse-porous — having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
- digital camera — a camera that records images in digital form by means of a device that converts the optical image to an electrical signal.
- digressiveness — The quality or state of being digressive.
- dihedral angle — the angle between two planes in a dihedron.
- dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
- dihydrocodeine — a synthetic drug similar to codeine, used as an analgesic, an antidiarrhoeal, and to relieve coughing, or used recreationally
- dimenhydrinate — a synthetic, crystalline, antihistamine powder, C 17 H 22 NO⋅C 7 H 6 ClN 4 O 2 , used in the treatment of allergic disorders and as a preventive for seasickness and airsickness.
- dimethyl ether — Dimethyl ether is a compound used as a propellant in aerosol canisters.
- dinitrobenzene — any of three isomeric benzene derivatives having the formula C 6 H 4 NO 2 , made by nitration of benzene or nitrobenzene, the most important of which is the meta form: used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
- dinner service — set of crockery and cutlery
- dinner theater — a restaurant in which a stage production is performed during or after dinner.
- dinner theatre — a form of entertainment at which a play is performed while the audience is served dinner
- dinner trolley — a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
- dinnerware set — A dinnerware set is the same as a dinner service.
- dioscoreaceous — of or relating to the Dioscoreaceae family of monocotyledonous plants that includes the yam (genus Dioscurea)
- dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
- direct address — Grammar. the use of a term or name for the person spoken to, as in securing the attention of that person; use of a vocative form.
- direct current — Electricity. an electric current of constant direction, having a magnitude that does not vary or varies only slightly. Abbreviation: dc.
- direct deposit — a plan in which salaries or other payments are transferred by the paying agency directly to the accounts of the recipients.
- direct insurer — A direct insurer is an insurance company that sells its policies directly to customers without using intermediaries.
- direct primary — a primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote.
- direct product — a group, or other such system, every element of which can be written uniquely as the product of elements of disjoint groups, with each group contributing one element to the product.
- direct-examine — to subject to direct examination. Compare cross-examine (def 2).
- direct-reading — (of an instrument) calibrated so that a given quantity to be measured can be read directly off the scale without the need of a multiplying constant
- directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
- directed graph — (digraph) A graph with one-way edges. See also directed acyclic graph.
- directionality — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- director's cut — an edited version of a movie that has not been altered by a studio and over which its director has complete artistic control.
- disaccharidase — an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides, as sucrose or lactose, to produce monosaccharides, as fructose or glucose.
- disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
- disafforesting — Present participle of disafforest.
- disaggregating — Present participle of disaggregate.
- disaggregation — to separate (an aggregate or mass) into its component parts.
- disaggregative — separating from the mass or into parts
- disappearances — Plural form of disappearance.
- disappropriate — To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
- disarrangement — Upset of the normal order.
- disarticulated — Simple past tense and past participle of disarticulate.
- disassortative — (mathematics) Describing a graph (or network) in which nodes of low degree are more likely to connect with nodes high degree.
- disaster movie — a film in which a disastrous event such as an earthquake, fire, air crash etc is the focus of the action
- disceptatorial — disputable
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.