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11-letter words containing e, d, t, a

  • double-date — to take part in a double date.
  • double-take — a rapid or surprised second look, either literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose significance had not been completely grasped at first: His friends did a double take when they saw how much weight he had lost.
  • double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  • double-team — to defend against or block (an opposing player) by using two players, as in football or basketball: By double-teaming the end the safety men left the other receiver in the open.
  • dovetailing — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
  • down-easter — a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
  • down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
  • downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
  • downpayment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
  • draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
  • dragon tree — a tall, treelike plant, Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands, scarce in the wild but common in cultivation, yielding a variety of dragon's blood.
  • draize test — a test assessing the potential of drugs, chemicals, cosmetics, and other commercial products to produce irritation, pain, or damage to the human eye by studying its effect on a rabbit's eye.
  • dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
  • draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
  • draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
  • draw weight — the measured force, in foot-pounds, stored by an archery bow when fully drawn.
  • dreadnaught — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
  • dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
  • drift angle — the angle made by the path of a drifting vessel with its heading.
  • drillmaster — a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.
  • drive shaft — a shaft for imparting torque from a power source or prime mover to machinery.
  • drive train — the power train of an automotive vehicle consisting of all the components between the engine and driving wheels and including the clutch and axle, as well as the components of the driveline.
  • drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)
  • 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 battery — a dry cell or a voltaic battery consisting of a number of dry cells.
  • dry-roasted — roasted with no oil, or less oil than is usually used in roasting, so that the product is drier, crisper, and less caloric: dry-roasted peanuts.
  • 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.
  • duffel coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
  • duffle coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
  • 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.
  • duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
  • duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
  • durum wheat — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.
  • dust jacket — book jacket.
  • duster coat — a woman's loose summer coat with wide sleeves and no buttons, popular in the mid-20th century
  • dutch metal — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
  • dutch treat — a meal or entertainment for which each person pays his or her own expenses.
  • dynamometer — An instrument that measures the power output of an engine.
  • dynamometry — The measurement of forces doing work.
  • dysesthesia — (medicine) A condition caused by lesions of the nervous system that causes abnormal sensations such as burning, wetness, or itching.
  • dyspathetic — characterized by dyspathy
  • dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
  • dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
  • earth lodge — a circular, usually dome-shaped dwelling of certain North American Indians, made of posts and beams covered variously with branches, grass, sod, or earth and having a central opening in the roof, a tamped earth floor, and frequently a vestibule.
  • east indian — Indonesian: of the East Indies
  • east indies — Indonesia
  • east london — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
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