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11-letter words containing d, p, a, r

  • desert palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
  • desipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant drug
  • desparingly — In a despairing manner.
  • desperadoes — Plural form of desperado.
  • desperately — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
  • desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
  • deuteranope — a person suffering from deuteranopia
  • diamorphine — heroin.
  • diaper rash — (in babies) any irritation to the skin around the genitals, anus, or buttocks, usually caused by contact with urine or excrement
  • diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
  • diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
  • diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
  • diaphragmic — Which uses, or which is located in or near, the diaphragm.
  • diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
  • diazo group — the bivalent group –N=N– united with one hydrocarbon group and another atom or group, as in benzenediazo hydroxide, C 6 H 5 N=NOH, or the bivalent group =N=N united with one hydrocarbon group, as in diazomethane, CH 2 =N=N.
  • digger wasp — any of numerous solitary wasps of the family Sphecidae, which excavate nests in soil, wood, etc., and provision them with prey paralyzed by stinging.
  • dilapidator — One who dilapidates, a person committing dilapidation.
  • 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.
  • dinnerplate — A plate on which dinner can be served.
  • diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
  • dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
  • dirlotapide — A drug used to treat obesity in dogs.
  • disapparate — To disappear (magically).
  • disappeared — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
  • disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
  • disapproved — Simple past tense and past participle of disapprove.
  • disapprover — One who disapproves.
  • disapproves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove.
  • disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
  • discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
  • discophoran — a member of the Discophora group
  • discrepance — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
  • discrepancy — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
  • diskography — discography.
  • disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
  • disparately — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
  • disparities — Plural form of disparity.
  • dispatchers — Plural form of dispatcher.
  • dispensator — a person who dispenses; distributor; administrator.
  • dispersants — Plural form of dispersant.
  • displeasure — dissatisfaction, disapproval, or annoyance.
  • dispraising — Present participle of dispraise.
  • disprovable — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
  • disruptable — Capable of being disrupted.
  • disruptants — Plural form of disruptant.
  • dittography — reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error.
  • do a perish — to die or come near to dying of thirst or starvation
  • doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
  • doll's pram — toy: miniature baby carriage
  • donner pass — a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada, in E California. 7135 feet (2175 meters) high.
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