10-letter words containing d, o, a
- dispondaic — of or relating to a dispondee
- disposable — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- dissipator — One who, or that which, dissipates something.
- dissociate — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
- dissonance — inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony.
- dissonancy — dissonance.
- dissuasion — an act or instance of dissuading.
- dissuasory — dissuasive
- distractor — a person or thing that distracts the attention.
- distrainor — (legal) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
- dithionate — a salt of dithionic acid.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- ditto mark — Often, ditto marks. two small marks (″) indicating the repetition of something, usually placed beneath the thing repeated.
- dittograph — an instance of dittography; a passage containing reduplicated syllables, letters, etc.
- divagation — to wander; stray.
- divination — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- divinatory — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- divisorial — Lb maths Related to a divisor.
- do a melba — to make repeated farewell appearances
- do a skase — to skip the country while owing a large amount of money
- do penance — make amends for sth
- dobzhansky — Theodosius (Grigorievich) [gri-gawr-ee-uh-vich,, -gohr-] /grɪˈgɔr i ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈgoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1900–75, U.S. geneticist, born in Russia.
- dochmiacal — of or relating to dochmiac verse
- docimastic — of or relating to docimasy
- dockmackie — a North American shrub, Viburnum acerifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having long stemmed clusters of white flowers and ovoid, almost black berries.
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- docosanoic — behenic.
- doctorates — Plural form of doctorate.
- docudramas — Plural form of docudrama.
- documental — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dodecanese — a group of 12 Greek islands in the Aegean, off the SW coast of Turkey: belonged to Italy 1911–45. 1035 sq. mi. (2680 sq. km).
- dodecanoic — Of or pertaining to dodecanoic acid or its derivatives.
- dodge ball — a circle game in which players throw an inflated ball at opponents within the circle who try to avoid being hit, and therefore eliminated, the winner being the one who remains unhit.
- dog basket — a basket for a dog to sleep in
- dog collar — a collar used to restrain or identify a dog.
- dog paddle — a simple swimming stroke in which the body is kept nearly upright, the arms paddle, and the legs move up and down as in running
- dog salmon — chum salmon.
- dog warden — dogcatcher.
- dog's-tail — any of several grasses of the genus Cynosurus, esp C. cristatus (crested dog's-tail), that are native to Europe and have flowers clustered in a dense narrow spike
- dog-collar — A dog-collar is a stiff, round, white collar that fastens at the back and that is worn by Christian priests and ministers.
- dog-paddle — to swim or keep afloat by use of the dog paddle.
- dog-walker — a person who walks other people's dogs, especially for a fee.
- dogcatcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- doggie bag — If you ask for a doggie bag in a restaurant, you ask for any food you have not eaten to be put into a bag for you to take home.
- dogmatical — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- dogmatists — Plural form of dogmatist.
- dogmatized — Simple past tense and past participle of dogmatize.
- dogmatizer — One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
- dogmatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dogmatize.