11-letter words containing d, o, a, n
- donut peach — fruit
- door handle — doorknob.
- dorian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from D to D.
- dorset naga — a British-grown variety of the Naga Jolokia chilli pepper, noted for its extreme heat
- dorsispinal — of or relating to the back and the spine.
- double-bank — to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).
- douchecanoe — (vulgar, slang, pejorative) A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person.
- dovetailing — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- down-ballot — relating to or noting a candidate or political contest that is relatively low-profile and local compared to one listed in a higher place on the ballot: Very popular presidential nominees often cause down-ballot candidates to win.
- down-easter — a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
- down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
- downgrading — Present participle of downgrade.
- downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
- downloading — download
- downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
- downpayment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- downplaying — Present participle of downplay.
- downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
- draftswoman — a woman employed in making mechanical drawings.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- drag anchor — (of a vessel) to move away from its mooring because the anchor has failed to hold
- drag-n-drop — (spelling) Stupid spelling of drag and drop.
- dragon beam — dragging piece.
- dragon book — (publication) The classic text "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6). So called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearing the lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book" (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "Green Dragon Book" (1977). (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old Dragon Book".) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also book titles.
- dragon lady — (often initial capital letters) a woman of somewhat sinister glamour often perceived as wielding ruthless or corrupt power.
- dragon tree — a tall, treelike plant, Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands, scarce in the wild but common in cultivation, yielding a variety of dragon's blood.
- dragon-head — dragonhead.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drainboards — Plural form of drainboard.
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- drop a hint — If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
- drop a line — send a message
- drop anchor — secure a ship in place
- drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)
- drop cannon — a shot in which the first object ball joins or gathers with the cue ball and the other object ball, esp at the top of the table
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- dualization — to make dual.
- duo-decagon — dodecagon.
- duplication — an act or instance of duplicating.
- dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
- dynamometer — An instrument that measures the power output of an engine.
- dynamometry — The measurement of forces doing work.
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- east london — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- edification — an act of edifying.
- educational — pertaining to education.
- eglandulose — eglandular
- eicosanoids — Plural form of eicosanoid.