10-letter words containing e, s, r, i
- derbyshire — a county of N central England: contains the Peak District and several resorts with mineral springs: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the city of Derby, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Matlock. Pop (excluding Derby city): 743 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Derby city): 2551 sq km (985 sq miles)
- deregister — to remove (oneself, a car, etc) from a register
- derestrict — to render or leave free from restriction, esp a road from speed limits
- derisively — characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking: derisive heckling.
- derisorily — In a derisory manner.
- dermatitis — Dermatitis is a medical condition which makes your skin red and painful.
- dermatosis — any skin disease
- dermestids — Plural form of dermestid.
- derringers — Plural form of derringer.
- descriable — Capable of being descried (detected or perceived).
- describent — (geometry) A generatrix.
- describers — Plural form of describer.
- describing — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- descriptor — a word or phrase which constitutes the descriptive element of a sentence
- desertions — Plural form of desertion.
- desertlike — a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all: The Sahara is a vast sandy desert. Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- desiderata — something wanted or needed.
- desiderate — to feel the lack of or need for; long for; miss
- desiderium — a powerful desire or yearning, especially for something once had
- designator — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desirables — Plural form of desirable.
- desireable — Archaic form of desirable.
- desireless — without desire; having no longings
- desirement — (nonstandard) something that is desired, but not absolutely required.
- desirously — With desire; eagerly.
- désorienté — having lost one's bearings; confused
- desorption — the action or process of desorbing
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- despairing — marked by or resulting from despair; hopeless or desperate
- despoilers — Plural form of despoiler.
- destratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- destroying — Present participle of destroy.
- determines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of determine.
- detriments — Plural form of detriment.
- detritions — Plural form of detrition.
- detrivores — Plural form of detrivore.
- deuterides — Plural form of deuteride.
- deviltries — Plural form of deviltry.
- devonshire — 8th Duke of, title of Spencer Compton Cavendish. 1833–1908, British politician, also known (1858–91) as Lord Hartington. He led the Liberal Party (1874–80) and left it to found the Liberal Unionist Party (1886)
- dewberries — Plural form of dewberry.
- dexterious — Misspelling of dextrous, alternative spelling to dexterous.
- dexterwise — on or to the right hand side (of a heraldic shield)
- dextrinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a dextrin.
- diaphorase — a flavoprotein enzyme operating in mitochondria, acting as a catalyst in the process of dye reduction or oxidation
- dibromides — Plural form of dibromide.
- dicksucker — (vulgar slang) A person who fellates men.
- die-sinker — a person who engraves dies for stamping coins, medals, etc
- differents — Plural form of different.
- digressing — to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.