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11-letter words containing d, s, m

  • draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
  • draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
  • draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
  • draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
  • dreamlessly — In a dreamless way; without dreams.
  • dreamscapes — Plural form of dreamscape.
  • dressmakers — Plural form of dressmaker.
  • 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.
  • drosometers — Plural form of drosometer.
  • drum'n'bass — a type of electronic dance music using mainly bass guitar and drum sounds
  • dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
  • 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).
  • dry shampoo — a product in powder or spray form that you can use to clean hair without wetting it
  • duces tecum — subpoena duces tecum.
  • dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
  • dumb sheave — a block having no sheave or other part rolling with the movement of a line.
  • dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
  • dumpishness — the state of being downhearted and dejected
  • duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.
  • dustbin man — (in British English) a man that is employed to collect domestic refuse
  • dwarf sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus copallina, of the cashew family, native to the eastern U.S., having shiny, pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of red, berrylike fruit.
  • dyer's moss — a lichen, Roccella tinctoria, from which the purple dye orchil can be prepared.
  • dynasticism — a system of government in which the rulers are all drawn from the same family
  • dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
  • dysphemisms — Plural form of dysphemism.
  • dysrhythmia — a disturbance of rhythm, as of speech or of brain waves recorded by an electroencephalograph.
  • dysrhythmic — Having an unpleasing, irregular beat.
  • east meadow — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • echinoderms — Plural form of echinoderm.
  • emasculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emasculate.
  • embarrassed — Feeling or showing embarrassment.
  • embellished — Simple past tense and past participle of embellish.
  • embodiments — Plural form of embodiment.
  • emendations — Plural form of emendation.
  • encompassed — Simple past tense and past participle of encompass.
  • endearments — Plural form of endearment.
  • endoenzymes — Plural form of endoenzyme.
  • endomitosis — the division of chromosomes but not of the cell nucleus, resulting in a polyploid cell
  • endoplasmic — (cytology) of, or relating to endoplasm.
  • endorsement — An act of giving one's public approval or support to someone or something.
  • endospermic — Of, or relating to the endosperm.
  • epaminondas — ?418–362 bc, Greek Theban statesman and general: defeated the Spartans at Leuctra (371) and Mantinea (362) and restored power in Greece to Thebes
  • ephemerides — Plural form of ephemeris.
  • epidermises — Plural form of epidermis.
  • 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)
  • eudaemonism — A system of ethics that bases moral value on the likelihood that good actions will produce happiness.
  • eudaemonist — A supporter of eudaemonism.
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