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

  • drop anchor — secure a ship in place
  • drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)
  • drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • drop cannon — a shot in which the first object ball joins or gathers with the cue ball and the other object ball, esp at the top of the table
  • drop cookie — a cookie made by dropping batter from a spoon onto a cookie sheet for baking.
  • drop hammer — drop forge.
  • drop letter — a letter that is mailed to a local address at a post office without city delivery or a rural delivery service and must be picked up by the addressee.
  • drop rudder — a rudder that can be lowered beneath the level of the bottom of a boat.
  • drop siding — weatherboarding having its upper edges narrowed to fit into grooves or rabbets in its lower edges, and its backs flat against the sheathing or studs of the wall.
  • drop window — a window with a sash that slides into a space below the sill.
  • dropped egg — a poached egg.
  • drosophilas — Plural form of drosophila.
  • drug report — (humour)   A bug report so utterly incomprehensible that whoever submitted it must have been smoking crack. Even worse than a chug report.
  • dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
  • dry shampoo — a product in powder or spray form that you can use to clean hair without wetting it
  • dual ported — A term used to describe memory integrated circuits which can be accessed simultaneously via two independent address and data busses. Dual ported memory is often used in video display hardware, especially in conjunction with Video Random Access Memory (VRAM). The two ports allow the video display hardware to read memory to display the contents on screen at the same time as the CPU writes data to other areas of the same memory. In single-ported memory these two processes cannot occur simultanteously, the CPU must wait, thus resulting in slower access times. Cycle stealing is one technique used to avoid this in single-ported video memory.
  • due process — established course of legal proceedings
  • duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
  • dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
  • dystrophies — Plural form of dystrophy.
  • edp auditor — (job)   A person who analyses system functions and operations to determine adequate security and controls. An EDP analyst evaluates systems and operational procedures and reports findings to senior management. He writes ad hoc report programs using 4GLs and specialised audit software.
  • edrophonium — a substance, C 10 H 16 BrNO, used to reverse certain muscle-relaxing agents, such as tubocurarine, in surgical procedures: also used in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.
  • end product — result of a process
  • endomorphic — Of or pertaining to an endomorph.
  • endospermic — Of, or relating to the endosperm.
  • endotrophic — obtaining nourishment from within another plant
  • epitrochoid — A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine.
  • erysipeloid — an infective dermatitis mainly affecting the hands, characterized by inflammation and caused by the microorganism Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae on contaminated meat, poultry, or fish: most prevalent among fishermen and butchers
  • escape road — a road, usually ending in a pile of sand, provided on a hill for a driver to drive into if his brakes fail or on a bend if he loses control of the turn
  • eurodeposit — a deposit of the currency of any country in the eurocurrency market
  • eurypteroid — of, relating to or resembling a eurypterid or eurypterids
  • evesdropper — Archaic form of eavesdropper.
  • export duty — a government tax paid on goods exported from a country
  • face powder — a cosmetic powder used to give a mat finish to the face.
  • fernando po — a former name of Bioko.
  • field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
  • file-powder — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
  • fireproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of fireproof.
  • flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
  • flapperhood — (in the 1920s) the condition of flappers, the state of being a flapper
  • flea powder — powder that is put on an animal's coat to kill or discourage fleas
  • food parcel — parcels of food prepared and sent, esp by charitable organizations, to people in need
  • food prices — the prices that consumers are charged for food
  • foundership — The condition of having founded something.
  • free period — a portion of time during which there is little or no activity
  • freedpeople — Plural form of freedperson.
  • freedperson — A person who has been released from a condition of slavery.
  • gonadotrope — a gonadotropic substance.
  • gopher wood — an unidentified wood used in building Noah's ark. Gen. 6:14.
  • grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
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