10-letter words containing m, e, d
- demurrages — Plural form of demurrage.
- den mother — a woman who supervises meetings of a den of Cub Scouts
- dendriform — branching or treelike in appearance
- dendrimers — Plural form of dendrimer.
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- dendrogram — any branching diagram, such as a cladogram, showing the interconnections between treelike organisms
- denominate — to give a specific name to; designate
- denotement — A sign, indication.
- denouement — In a book, play, or series of events, the denouement is the sequence of events at the end, when things come to a conclusion.
- densimeter — any instrument for measuring density
- dental dam — Also called rubber dam. a thin piece of latex placed over the tooth or teeth being treated during endodontic treatment or other dental work.
- denudement — the condition of being denuded
- department — A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
- deployment — The deployment of troops, resources, or equipment is the organization and positioning of them so that they are ready for quick action.
- deportment — Your deportment is the way you behave, especially the way you walk and move.
- deracemize — (chemistry) To convert a racemic mixture into one or other of the enantiomers.
- derailment — A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running.
- derivement — (obsolete) That which is derived; deduction; inference.
- dermatherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- dermatitis — Dermatitis is a medical condition which makes your skin red and painful.
- dermatogen — a meristem at the apex of stems and roots that gives rise to the epidermis
- dermatomal — Anatomy. an area of skin that is supplied with the nerve fibers of a single, posterior, spinal root.
- dermatomes — Plural form of dermatome.
- dermatoses — Plural form of dermatosis.
- dermatosis — any skin disease
- dermestids — Plural form of dermestid.
- dermopathy — Disease of the skin.
- dermotherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- des moines — a city in S central Iowa: state capital. Pop: 196 093 (2003 est)
- descramble — to restore (a scrambled signal) to an intelligible form, esp automatically by the use of electronic devices
- desiderium — a powerful desire or yearning, especially for something once had
- designatum — (semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
- designment — designation, design
- desirement — (nonstandard) something that is desired, but not absolutely required.
- desmosomal — of or relating to desmosomes
- desmosomes — Plural form of desmosome.
- desmoulins — (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoît) (kamij). 1760–94, French revolutionary leader, pamphleteer, and orator
- despotisms — Plural form of despotism.
- despumated — Simple past tense and past participle of despumate.
- desquamate — (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales
- destemming — to remove the stem from (a fruit or vegetable); stem.
- detachment — Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
- detail man — a salesman for a pharmaceutical firm who visits doctors, dentists, etc. in a certain district to promote new drugs
- detainment — to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- determents — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- determined — If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and will not let anything stop you.
- determiner — In grammar, a determiner is a word which is used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate, for example, which thing you are referring to or whether you are referring to one thing or several. Common English determiners are 'a', 'the', 'some', 'this', and 'each'.
- determines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of determine.
- detriments — Plural form of detriment.
- deus ramos — João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1830–96, Portuguese poet.