11-letter words containing d, i, p, e
- desk copier — a photocopier compact enough to fit on a desk, table, or similar surface.
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- despisement — contempt; despisal
- despisingly — in a despising manner; contemptuously
- despoilment — The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- diamorphine — heroin.
- diaper rash — (in babies) any irritation to the skin around the genitals, anus, or buttocks, usually caused by contact with urine or excrement
- diaphaneity — the quality of being diaphanous; transparency.
- diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
- diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diapophyses — Plural form of diapophysis.
- diapositive — a positive transparency; slide
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichroscope — an instrument for investigating the dichroism of solutions or crystals
- 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.
- digital pen — a pen-like device that enables a person to enter information into a digital electronic device by writing on a screen
- dilapidated — reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
- dill pickle — a cucumber pickle flavored with dill.
- 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.
- dinnerplate — A plate on which dinner can be served.
- diophantine — Alternative capitalization of Diophantine.
- diopsimeter — an instrument for measuring the field of vision.
- dioptometer — an instrument for measuring the refraction of the eye.
- dip-netting — the activity of catching fish using a dip-net
- dipeptidase — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of dipeptides.
- diphosphate — a pyrophosphate.
- 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.
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- diplomatese — the type of language or jargon used by diplomats, thought to be excessively complicated, cautious, or vague
- diplomatize — to use diplomacy or tact.
- dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
- dirlotapide — A drug used to treat obesity in dogs.
- dirty power — Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, drop-outs, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as power hits).
- disapparate — To disappear (magically).
- disappeared — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- disapproved — Simple past tense and past participle of disapprove.
- disapprover — One who disapproves.
- disapproves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove.
- disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
- discerpible — Capable of being discerped.
- discerption — The action of pulling something apart.
- discerptive — capable of being discerped
- disciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.