11-letter words containing d, o, r, m, e
- dendrometer — an instrument used for measuring trees
- denominator — In mathematics, the denominator is the number which appears under the line in a fraction.
- denormalize — (transitive, databases) To add redundancy to (a database schema), the opposite of normalization, typically in order to optimize its performance.
- deportments — Plural form of deportment.
- deprogramme — to free (someone) from the effects of indoctrination, esp by a religious cult or political group
- dermatology — the branch of medicine concerned with the skin and its diseases
- dermatozoon — any microscopic animal or protozoan living as a parasite on or in the skin of the host.
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermography — a type of marking on the skin, whether in the form of writing or pictures, supposedly of psychic origin, similar to stigmata except for being more short-lived
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- dermopteran — flying lemur
- dermotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- desmodromic — (of mechanisms, almost exclusively of valves) that are controlled in both directions of their movement. A desmodromic valve is one which is actively both opened and closed by a mechanism rather than by a spring
- deteriorism — the belief that everything is getting worse, that the universe is deteriorating or decaying
- deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
- deuteronomy — the fifth book of the Old Testament, containing a second statement of the Mosaic Law
- diamorphine — heroin.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dilatometer — a device for measuring expansion caused by changes in temperature in substances.
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- diopsimeter — an instrument for measuring the field of vision.
- dioptometer — an instrument for measuring the refraction of the eye.
- dirty money — money obtained by immoral means
- disempowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disempower.
- disenamored — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disinformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disinform.
- disportment — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dive bomber — an airplane of the fighter-bomber type that drops its bombs while diving at the enemy.
- diversiform — differing in form; of various forms.
- divorcement — divorce; separation.
- doc martens — a brand of lace-up boots with thick lightweight resistant soles
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documenters — Plural form of documenter.
- dolorimeter — an instrument used in dolorimetry.
- dolorimetry — a technique for measuring the sensitivity to pain produced by heat rays focused on an area of skin and recorded in dols.
- domineering — inclined to rule arbitrarily or despotically; overbearing; tyrannical: domineering parents.
- donor sperm — sperm which has been voluntarily given for use in the insemination of another person
- dorian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from D to D.
- dormitories — Plural form of dormitory.
- double room — double (def 13).
- down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- dragon beam — dragging piece.
- dream world — the world of imagination or illusion rather than of objective reality.
- dromaeosaur — Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
- dromedaries — Plural form of dromedary.
- drop hammer — drop forge.
- drosometers — Plural form of drosometer.
- drummer boy — a young boy who in earlier times played a drum in the army and on the battlefield