11-letter words containing e, y, r
- desultorily — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- deteriority — the quality of being inferior or worse
- determinacy — the quality of being defined or fixed
- deterrently — in a deterrent manner, in a way that deters
- deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
- deuteronomy — the fifth book of the Old Testament, containing a second statement of the Mosaic Law
- deuterotoky — parthenogenesis in which both males and females are produced
- devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- dexterously — skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
- dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
- differently — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- diglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of two hydroxyl groups with fatty acids.
- dingleberry — Slang. a small clot of dung, as clinging to the hindquarters of an animal.
- dinner lady — female cook in school canteen
- diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
- directivity — (geology) The effect of earthquake motion propagation being greater in the direction of the rupture.
- dirty linen — intimate secrets, esp those that might give rise to gossip
- dirty money — money obtained by immoral means
- dirty power — Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, drop-outs, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as power hits).
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernibly — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discourtesy — lack or breach of courtesy; incivility; rudeness.
- discrepancy — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- disentrayle — to pass out as if from the entrails
- disparately — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- dispersedly — In a dispersed manner; in a scattered way, here and there.
- disproperty — to deprive of property
- dissymmetry — absence or lack of symmetry.
- distortedly — In a distorted way.
- divergently — diverging; differing; deviating.
- divergingly — in a diverging manner
- divertingly — In a diverting manner.
- diytterbium — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two ytterbium atoms in a molecule.
- dobbs ferry — a town in SE New York.
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dolorimetry — a technique for measuring the sensitivity to pain produced by heat rays focused on an area of skin and recorded in dols.
- donkey ride — a ride on the back of a donkey, esp for recreation
- donkey work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- donkey-work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.
- dreadlessly — in a dreadless manner
- dreamlessly — In a dreamless way; without dreams.
- drummer boy — a young boy who in earlier times played a drum in the army and on the battlefield
- dry battery — a dry cell or a voltaic battery consisting of a number of dry cells.
- dry cleaner — a business that dry-cleans garments, draperies, etc.
- 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-cleanse — to dry-clean.
- dry-dockage — the act or fact of placing a ship in a dry dock.
- 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.
- dyer's moss — a lichen, Roccella tinctoria, from which the purple dye orchil can be prepared.