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14-letter words containing i, n, o, r, d

  • disintegration — the act or process of disintegrating.
  • disintegrators — Plural form of disintegrator.
  • disintegratory — Causing or relating to disintegration.
  • disk mirroring — (hardware, storage)   Use of one or more mirrors of a hard disk.
  • disorderedness — The quality of being disordered.
  • disorderliness — The state or quality of being disorderly.
  • disorientating — to disorient.
  • disorientation — to disorient.
  • dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
  • dispersal zone — a defined area in which any police or community support officer can force any group of two or more people to disperse for 24 hours
  • disproportions — Plural form of disproportion.
  • dissertational — Resembling or pertaining to dissertations.
  • distributional — an act or instance of distributing.
  • diurnal motion — the apparent daily motion, caused by the earth's rotation, of celestial bodies across the sky.
  • dividend cover — the number of times that a company's dividends to shareholders could be paid out of its annual profits after tax, used as an indication of the probability that dividends will be maintained in subsequent years
  • docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.
  • documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
  • dogwood winter — a short period of cold weather in the spring.
  • domain address — (networking)   The name of a host on the Internet belonging to the hierarchy of Internet domains.
  • door furniture — locks, handles, etc, designed for use on doors
  • door peninsula — a peninsula in NE Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan: resorts, farming.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • down and dirty — unscrupulous; nasty: a down-and-dirty election campaign.
  • down the drain — If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
  • down-and-dirty — unscrupulous; nasty: a down-and-dirty election campaign.
  • downing street — a street in W central London, England: cabinet office; residence of the prime minister.
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • draconic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • drafting board — drawing board.
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • draining board — The draining board is the place on a sink unit where things such as cups, plates, and cutlery are put to drain after they have been washed.
  • draining spoon — a spoon with holes in it
  • dramatic irony — irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
  • dramatisations — Plural form of dramatisation.
  • dramatizations — Plural form of dramatization.
  • draw a pension — If you draw a pension, you receive money from an insurer or the state because you have reached a particular age.
  • drawing office — an office where drawings are made
  • dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
  • drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
  • drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
  • driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
  • driving mirror — (in a vehicle) the rear-view mirror
  • driving school — vehicle operation lessons
  • droit des gens — law of nations; international law.
  • drone aircraft — a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
  • drop-down list — pull-down list
  • drop-in centre — (in Britain) a daycentre run by the social services or a charity that clients may attend on an informal basis
  • drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
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