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11-letter words containing d, o

  • aggradation — to raise the grade or level of (a river valley, a stream bed, etc.) by depositing detritus, sediment, or the like.
  • agriproduct — a product that is a result of agribusiness
  • aid station — a medical station in a forward area where the sick and wounded are given emergency treatment
  • air command — the Canadian air force
  • airboarding — a snow sport in which participants slide down slopes headfirst lying flat on an inflatable board
  • airdropping — Present participle of airdrop.
  • albedometer — an instrument that measures the albedo of a surface.
  • albendazole — An antiparasitic anthelmintic used especially against the larvae of tapeworms.
  • albuminoids — any of a class of simple proteins, as keratin, gelatin, or collagen, that are insoluble in all neutral solvents; scleroprotein.
  • alcoholized — Simple past tense and past participle of alcoholize.
  • aldermaston — a village in S England, in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire, SW of Reading: site of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment and starting point of the Aldermaston marches (1958–63), organized by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Pop: 927 (2001)
  • alderperson — a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
  • aldohexoses — Plural form of aldohexose.
  • aldopentose — a monosaccharide with five carbon atoms
  • aldosterone — the principal mineralocorticoid secreted by the adrenal cortex. A synthesized form is used in the treatment of Addison's disease. Formula: C21H27O5
  • aldotetrose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having four carbon atoms.
  • alendronate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of alendronic acid.
  • alford plea — Law. a pleading of guilty in a plea bargain in which the defendant maintains his or her innocence.
  • all aboard! — a warning to passengers to board a vehicle, ship, etc
  • all-rounder — Someone who is an all-rounder is good at a lot of different skills, academic subjects, or sports.
  • allantoidal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the allantois.
  • allantoides — Plural form of allantois.
  • allegorized — Simple past tense and past participle of allegorize.
  • alligatored — Damaged by alligatoring.
  • almond bark — a type of candy consisting of sheets or fairly thick pieces of semisweet or milk chocolate to which almonds or almond pieces have been added.
  • almond cake — the residue of almonds from which oil has been expressed.
  • almond meal — the meal obtained by pulverizing blanched almonds, used chiefly in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics.
  • almond milk — a creamy mixture of blanched almonds, sugar, and water, blended to a smooth paste and sieved.
  • almond tree — a small widely cultivated rosaceous tree, Prunus amygdalus, that is native to W Asia and has pink flowers and a green fruit containing an edible nutlike seed
  • almond-eyed — having narrow oval eyes
  • almoravides — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa from 1056 to 1147.
  • altar board — an elaborately carved wooden panel, placed in a recess on top of an altar during the Mass, on which the chalice and paten rest.
  • altoruffled — altogether ruffled
  • ambassadors — a novel (1903) by Henry James.
  • ameliorated — Simple past tense and past participle of ameliorate.
  • amino acids — any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group, –NH 2 , and one carboxyl group, –COOH: the alpha-amino acids, RCH(NH 2)COOH, are the building blocks from which proteins are constructed.
  • amontillado — a medium dry Spanish sherry, not as pale in colour as a fino
  • amphidromia — a family festival in ancient Athens in honor of the birth of a child, during which the child received its name.
  • amphipodous — (of certain invertebrates, such as sand hoppers) having both swimming and jumping appendages
  • amyloidosis — the deposition of amyloid in various tissues of the body, as occurs in certain chronic infections
  • anadiploses — Plural form of anadiplosis.
  • anadiplosis — repetition of the words or phrase at the end of one sentence, line, or clause at the beginning of the next
  • anastomosed — Simple past tense and past participle of anastomose.
  • anchor deck — a small forecastle housing the machinery for operating the anchors of a ship.
  • and company — You can say and company after mentioning a person's name, to refer also to the people who are associated with that person.
  • androconium — a scale on the forewing of certain male butterflies from which an odor attractive to females is emitted.
  • androgenise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of androgenize.
  • androgenize — Treat with or expose to male hormones, typically resulting in the production of male sexual characteristics.
  • androgenous — producing only male offspring
  • androgynous — In biology, an androgynous person, animal, or plant has both male and female sexual characteristics.
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