11-letter words containing i, l, r
- detrimental — Something that is detrimental to something else has a harmful or damaging effect on it.
- devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- diacritical — of or relating to a diacritic
- diametrical — of or along a diameter
- dictatorial — Dictatorial means controlled or used by a dictator.
- die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- 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.
- digladiator — a person who contends or fights
- diglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of two hydroxyl groups with fatty acids.
- diisopropyl — Having two isopropyl groups.
- dilacerated — Simple past tense and past participle of dilacerate.
- dilapidator — One who dilapidates, a person committing dilapidation.
- dilatometer — a device for measuring expansion caused by changes in temperature in substances.
- dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- dingleberry — Slang. a small clot of dung, as clinging to the hindquarters of an animal.
- dinner bell — signal: dinnertime
- dinner lady — female cook in school canteen
- dinner roll — a small round piece of bread provided as a side dish as part of a meal
- dinnerplate — A plate on which dinner can be served.
- diode laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
- 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.
- direct mail — mail, usually consisting of advertising matter, appeals for donations, or the like, sent simultaneously to large numbers of possible individual customers or contributors. Abbreviation: DM.
- direct rule — Direct rule is a system in which a central government rules an area which has had its own parliament or law-making organization in the past.
- direct-dial — being a telephone or telephone system enabling long-distance calls to be direct-dialed.
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directorial — pertaining to a director or directorate.
- direfulness — the state or fact of being direful
- dirlotapide — A drug used to treat obesity in dogs.
- dirty linen — intimate secrets, esp those that might give rise to gossip
- disannuller — a person who disannuls
- disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
- disarmingly — removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.
- disbeliever — A person who refuses to believe something or who lacks religious faith.
- disbursable — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
- discardable — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernible — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernibly — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discerpible — Capable of being discerped.
- discifloral — having flowers in which the receptacle is expanded into a conspicuous disk, as in composite plants.
- discipliner — Agent noun of discipline: one who disciplines.
- disclaimers — Plural form of disclaimer.
- disclosures — Plural form of disclosure.
- discolorate — (transitive, dated) To discolor.
- discoloring — Present participle of discolor.