11-letter words containing h, d, s
- deinonychus — a genus of carnivorous dinosaur which existed in the early Cretaceous period, notable for the unusually large curved claws on the second toe of its feet
- delightless — not offering delight
- delightsome — highly pleasing; delightful.
- delphiniums — Plural form of delphinium.
- deminishing — Present participle of deminish.
- demolishing — Present participle of demolish.
- demosthenes — 384–322 bc, Athenian statesman, orator, and lifelong opponent of the power of Macedonia over Greece
- denizenship — the status of a denizen
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- deshielding — (physics, chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is strengthened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- detachments — Plural form of detachment.
- deutschland — Germany
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- dharmashala — (in South Asia) a building devoted to religious or charitable purposes, especially a rest house for travelers.
- diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- diaper rash — (in babies) any irritation to the skin around the genitals, anus, or buttocks, usually caused by contact with urine or excrement
- diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
- diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
- diapophyses — Plural form of diapophysis.
- diapophysis — the upper or articular surface of a transverse vertebral process
- diarthroses — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
- diarthrosis — any freely movable joint, such as the shoulder and hip joints
- diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dichotomies — Botany. a mode of branching by constant forking, as in some stems, in veins of leaves, etc.
- dichotomise — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomist — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichroscope — an instrument for investigating the dichroism of solutions or crystals
- dim-sighted — with weak or indistinct vision
- diminishing — Make or become less.
- diphosphate — a pyrophosphate.
- diphysitism — the belief that in Christ two distinct natures, the human and the divine, existed together
- disc harrow — a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- discharging — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
- discophoran — a member of the Discophora group
- discotheque — a nightclub for dancing to live or recorded music and often featuring sophisticated sound systems, elaborate lighting, and other effects.
- disenchants — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disenchant.
- disenshroud — to free from a shroud
- disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disenthrone — to dethrone.
- dish aerial — a microwave aerial, used esp in radar, radio telescopes, and satellite broadcasting, consisting of a parabolic reflector
- dish it out — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- disharmonic — lacking harmony; disharmonious; discordant.