11-letter words containing d, i, p
- depressives — Plural form of depressive.
- deprivation — If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
- deprivative — of, relating to, or causing deprivation
- deprivatize — (transitive) To strip the privacy from; to make public.
- deprivement — deprivation
- deputations — Plural form of deputation.
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- des plaines — city in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 59,000
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- descriptive — Descriptive language or writing indicates what someone or something is like.
- descriptors — Plural form of descriptor.
- deserpidine — a drug extracted from the plant Rauwolfia canescens, used to block the flow of or reaction to adrenaline, and thus useful as a tranquilizer or to treat hypertensivity
- desipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant drug
- 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.
- diaphonical — Diacoustic; diaphonic.
- diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
- diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diaphragmic — Which uses, or which is located in or near, the diaphragm.
- diapophyses — Plural form of diapophysis.
- diapophysis — the upper or articular surface of a transverse vertebral process
- diapositive — a positive transparency; slide
- diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
- diazo group — the bivalent group –N=N– united with one hydrocarbon group and another atom or group, as in benzenediazo hydroxide, C 6 H 5 N=NOH, or the bivalent group =N=N united with one hydrocarbon group, as in diazomethane, CH 2 =N=N.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichroscope — an instrument for investigating the dichroism of solutions or crystals
- didot point — (unit, text) A variant of the point, equal to 0.3759 mm, or 1/72 of a French Royal inch (27.07 mm), or about 1/68 inch. Didot points are used in Europe. This unit is named after the French printer François Ambroise Didot (1730 - 1804) who defined the "point-based" typographical measurement system.
- 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
- diisopropyl — Having two isopropyl groups.
- dilapidated — reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
- dilapidator — One who dilapidates, a person committing dilapidation.
- 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.