10-letter words containing d, n, r
- demureness — characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- den father — (in the Boy Scouts) a man who serves as an adult leader or supervisor of a cub scout den.
- den helder — a port in the W Netherlands, in North Holland province: fortified by Napoleon in 1811; naval station. Pop: 60 000 (2003 est)
- den mother — a woman who supervises meetings of a den of Cub Scouts
- denaturant — to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- denaturing — Present participle of denature.
- denaturize — denature.
- dendriform — branching or treelike in appearance
- dendrimers — Plural form of dendrimer.
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- dendrogram — any branching diagram, such as a cladogram, showing the interconnections between treelike organisms
- dendroidal — Dendroid; resembling a shrub or tree.
- dendrology — the branch of botany that is concerned with the natural history of trees and shrubs
- dendrophis — a genus of harmless tree-dwelling snake, of which varieties can be found in South America, India, Australia, Africa, and North America
- denervated — Simple past tense and past participle of denervate.
- denigrated — Simple past tense and past participle of denigrate.
- denigrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denigrate.
- denigrator — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- denouncers — Plural form of denouncer.
- densimeter — any instrument for measuring density
- dentifrice — any substance, esp paste or powder, for use in cleaning the teeth
- denturists — Plural form of denturist.
- deodorants — Plural form of deodorant.
- deodourant — Rare spelling of deodorant.
- depanneurs — Plural form of depanneur.
- department — A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
- deportment — Your deportment is the way you behave, especially the way you walk and move.
- depressant — able to diminish or reduce nervous or functional activity
- depressing — Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- depurating — Present participle of depurate.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- deracinate — to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
- derailment — A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running.
- deridingly — In a deriding way; mockingly.
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- derivement — (obsolete) That which is derived; deduction; inference.
- dermatogen — a meristem at the apex of stems and roots that gives rise to the epidermis
- derogating — Present participle of derogate.
- derogation — a lessening or weakening (of power, authority, position, etc.)
- derricking — Machinery. a jib crane having a boom hinged near the base of the mast so as to rotate about the mast, for moving a load toward or away from the mast by raising or lowering the boom.
- derring-do — Derring-do is the quality of being bold, often in a rather showy or foolish way.
- derringers — Plural form of derringer.
- descenders — Plural form of descender.
- descendeur — a shaped metal piece through which the rope can be fed: used to control the rate of descent in abseiling
- describent — (geometry) A generatrix.
- describing — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- desertions — Plural form of desertion.
- designator — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desirement — (nonstandard) something that is desired, but not absolutely required.