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11-letter words containing d, r, e, a, m

  • dressmaking — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
  • drillmaster — a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.
  • dromaeosaur — Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
  • dromedaries — Plural form of dromedary.
  • drop hammer — drop forge.
  • drum-beater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
  • drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
  • dry measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring dry commodities, as grain or fruit. In the U.S. 2 pints = 1 quart (1.101 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (8.810 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (35.24 liters). In Great Britain 2 pints = 1 quart (1.136 liters); 4 quarts = 1 gallon (4.546 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (9.092 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (36.37 liters); 8 bushels = 1 quarter (291.0 liters).
  • dual number — a grammatical number category referring to exactly two persons or things
  • dumb barter — a form of barter practiced among some peoples, in which the goods for exchange are left at and taken from a preselected spot without the exchanging parties ever coming face-to-face.
  • dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
  • dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
  • durum wheat — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.
  • dynamometer — An instrument that measures the power output of an engine.
  • dynamometry — The measurement of forces doing work.
  • emarginated — (botany) Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.
  • embarcadero — (rare) A quay; a wharf.
  • embarrassed — Feeling or showing embarrassment.
  • embryonated — Containing an embryo.
  • emery board — abrasive tool for shaping fingernails
  • enchondroma — A cartilage cyst found in the bone marrow.
  • endearments — Plural form of endearment.
  • endocardium — The thin, smooth membrane that lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves.
  • endocranium — (anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull.
  • endometrial — Of or pertaining to the endometrium, the lining of the uterus.
  • endothermal — Endothermic.
  • enthralldom — The act of enthralling, or the state of being enthralled; slavery; bondage.
  • estremadura — a region of W Spain: arid and sparsely populated except in the valleys of the Tagus and Guardiana rivers. Area: 41 593 sq km (16 059 sq miles)
  • extremadura — a region of W Spain: arid and sparsely populated except in the valleys of the Tagus and Guardiana rivers. Area: 41 593 sq km (16 059 sq miles)
  • fair-minded — characterized by fair judgment; impartial; unprejudiced: a wise and fair-minded judge.
  • fellermelad — (jocular, UK, Ireland, usually with
  • fire damage — damage caused to a building or other object by fire
  • foraminated — porous; perforated with small holes
  • form leader — a pupil elected by other pupils to lead or represent their form
  • formal mode — the style in which words are explicitly mentioned rather than used of their subject matter. "Fido" is a dog's name is in the formal mode, while "Fido is a dog" is in the material mode
  • four-masted — carrying four masts.
  • freddie mac — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
  • freudianism — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • frogmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of frogmarch.
  • game warden — a public official who enforces game laws.
  • gangsterdom — the world of gangsters; gangland
  • gendarmerie — gendarmes collectively; a body of gendarmes.
  • gerrymander — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
  • glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
  • golden gram — (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
  • gormandized — Simple past tense and past participle of gormandize.
  • gormandizer — A person who gormandizes; a glutton or gourmand.
  • gormandizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gormandize.
  • gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
  • gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
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