11-letter words containing d, r, a, y
- dark energy — unobserved energy whose existence is proposed to account for the observed acceleration in the expansion of the universe
- day boarder — a child attending a boarding school who has meals at the school but sleeps at home
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- day laborer — an unskilled worker paid by the day
- day nursery — A day nursery is a place where children who are too young to go to school can be left all day while their parents are at work.
- day of rest — the Sabbath; Sunday
- day release — Day release is a system in which workers spend one day each week at a college in order to study a subject connected with their work.
- day surgery — a system in which a patient comes into hospital for a surgical procedure, has the operation, recovers and is released from hospital in the course of a single day
- day trading — the practice of buying and selling shares on the same day, often via the internet, in order to make a quick profit
- day-neutral — (of plants) having an ability to mature and bloom that is not affected by day length
- day-tripper — A day-tripper is someone who goes on a day trip.
- daydreamers — Plural form of daydreamer.
- daydreaming — indulgence in daydreams
- decahydrate — a hydrate that contains ten molecules of water, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
- declaratory — (of a statute) stating the existing law on a particular subject; explanatory
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- degradingly — that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission.
- degustatory — tasty; having a pleasant flavour
- dehortatory — intended to dissuade from a course of action
- dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
- dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
- dehydrators — Plural form of dehydrator.
- delineatory — That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.
- deliveryman — a man whose job is to deliver a product
- delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- demagoguery — the methods, practices, or rhetoric of a demagogue
- demonocracy — power of or rule by demons
- demonolatry — the worship of demons
- demy quarto — a book size, 113⁄4 by 85⁄8 inches
- dendrolatry — the worship of trees
- denigratory — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- denumerably — In a denumerable manner.
- depravingly — in a depraving manner
- deprecatory — expressing disapproval; protesting
- depredatory — Tending or designed to depredate.
- dermatology — the branch of medicine concerned with the skin and its diseases
- 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.
- designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- desperately — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
- destroyable — Able to be destroyed.
- determinacy — the quality of being defined or fixed
- deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
- dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
- dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks
- dinner lady — female cook in school canteen
- 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.
- disarmingly — removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.