10-letter words containing i, d, r, s
- 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.
- diacritics — Plural form of diacritic.
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- diaphorase — a flavoprotein enzyme operating in mitochondria, acting as a catalyst in the process of dye reduction or oxidation
- diaphragms — Plural form of diaphragm.
- diatribist — a person who uses diatribes in his or her speeches or writing, etc
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- dibromides — Plural form of dibromide.
- dichlorvos — an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromism — the state of being dichromic
- 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.
- digression — the act of digressing.
- digressive — tending to digress; departing from the main subject.
- dime store — five-and-ten (def 1).
- dimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of two forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species. Compare sexual dimorphism.
- dimorphous — having two forms.