10-letter words containing d, n, r
- deskperson — Journalism. a member of a newspaper staff who processes news and prepares copy, usually from information telephoned in by reporters.
- désorienté — having lost one's bearings; confused
- desorption — the action or process of desorbing
- despairing — marked by or resulting from despair; hopeless or desperate
- destroying — Present participle of destroy.
- detergency — cleansing power
- detergents — Plural form of detergent.
- determents — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- determined — If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and will not let anything stop you.
- determiner — In grammar, a determiner is a word which is used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate, for example, which thing you are referring to or whether you are referring to one thing or several. Common English determiners are 'a', 'the', 'some', 'this', and 'each'.
- determines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of determine.
- deterrence — Deterrence is the prevention of something, especially war or crime, by having something such as weapons or punishment to use as a threat.
- deterrents — Plural form of deterrent.
- dethroning — Present participle of dethrone.
- detonators — Plural form of detonator.
- detracting — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detraining — to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- detriments — Plural form of detriment.
- detritions — Plural form of detrition.
- detruncate — to cut off a part of; truncate
- deurbanize — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- devanagari — a syllabic script in which Sanskrit, Hindi, and other modern languages of India are written
- devonshire — 8th Duke of, title of Spencer Compton Cavendish. 1833–1908, British politician, also known (1858–91) as Lord Hartington. He led the Liberal Party (1874–80) and left it to found the Liberal Unionist Party (1886)
- devourment — the act of devouring
- dewatering — the act of removing water
- dextranase — an enzyme which breaks down dextran, and is therefore useful for, among other things, preventing tooth decay
- dextrinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a dextrin.
- dextrinize — (transitive) To convert (starch molecules) to dextrin.
- dextrinoid — (mycology) Applied to a mushroom that turns reddish-brown upon application of Melzer's reagent.
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- diagraming — Present participle of diagram.
- dial train — Horology. the part of a going train that drives the minute and hour hands.
- diaz miron — Salvador [sahl-vah-th awr] /ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Mexican poet.
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- die-sinker — a person who engraves dies for stamping coins, medals, etc
- diet drink — a type of drink, usually a version of an existing drink, that is marketed as being good for slimmers because it is low in calories
- difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- differency — difference
- differents — Plural form of different.
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- digressing — to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
- digression — the act of digressing.
- dihydrogen — (chemistry) The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions.
- dimetrodon — an extinct carnivorous mammallike reptile, of the genus Dimetrodon, dominant in North America during the Permian Period, up to 10 feet (3.1 meter) long and usually bearing spinal sails.
- dinanderie — fine cast metalwork objects, esp of bronze, made in the Belgian city of Dinant from the late Middle Ages, or other later metalwork in this style
- dining car — a railroad car equipped with tables and chairs, in which meals are served.
- dinitrogen — (chemistry) the normal nitrogen molecule having two atoms.