14-letter words containing d, i
- draconic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- dracunculiasis — a disease caused by infection with the Guinea worm
- drafting board — drawing board.
- dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- draggle-tailed — untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.
- dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
- drainage basin — the area drained by a river and all its tributaries. Also called catchment area, drainage area. Compare watershed (def 2).
- drainage ditch — a ditch that excess water drains into
- drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
- draining board — The draining board is the place on a sink unit where things such as cups, plates, and cutlery are put to drain after they have been washed.
- draining spoon — a spoon with holes in it
- dramatic irony — irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
- dramatisations — Plural form of dramatisation.
- dramatizations — Plural form of dramatization.
- draw a pension — If you draw a pension, you receive money from an insurer or the state because you have reached a particular age.
- draw a picture — represent sth visually
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- drawing office — an office where drawings are made
- dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
- dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- dress designer — a person who designs clothes
- dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
- driftless area — a tract of land that was once surrounded but never covered by a continental glacier, consequently having no glacial deposits.
- drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
- drilling fluid — a fluid used in the process of drilling bore holes and oil wells, for instance drilling mud, water, and compressed air amongst others
- drinking straw — thin plastic tube for sucking up liquids
- drinking water — water that is safe to drink
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
- driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
- driving mirror — (in a vehicle) the rear-view mirror
- driving school — vehicle operation lessons
- droit de suite — a right recognized by the legislation of several member countries of the European Union whereby an artist, or his or her heirs, is entitled to a share of the price of a work of art if it is resold during the artist's lifetime or for 70 years after his or her death
- droit des gens — law of nations; international law.
- drone aircraft — a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
- drop-down list — pull-down list
- drop-in centre — (in Britain) a daycentre run by the social services or a charity that clients may attend on an informal basis
- drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
- drummond light — calcium light.
- drunk dialling — the practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about whom one has romantic notions
- dry white wine — Dry white wine is white wine that does not have a sweet taste.
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
- dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
- dumbfoundingly — In a dumbfounding manner.
- dummy variable — a variable appearing in a mathematical expression that can be replaced by any arbitrary variable, not occurring in the expression, without affecting the value of the whole
- dumping ground — dump (def 17).