11-letter words containing m, o, d, s
- demosthenes — 384–322 bc, Athenian statesman, orator, and lifelong opponent of the power of Macedonia over Greece
- dendrograms — Plural form of dendrogram.
- denouements — Plural form of denouement.
- deployments — Plural form of deployment.
- deportments — Plural form of deportment.
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- descamisado — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- desmodromic — (of mechanisms, almost exclusively of valves) that are controlled in both directions of their movement. A desmodromic valve is one which is actively both opened and closed by a mechanism rather than by a spring
- despoilment — The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
- deteriorism — the belief that everything is getting worse, that the universe is deteriorating or decaying
- 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
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- diatonicism — the use of diatonic harmony; composition in a diatonic idiom.
- 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.
- dimensional — Of or pertaining to dimensions.
- dimensioned — Simple past tense and past participle of dimension.
- diminuendos — Plural form of diminuendo.
- diminutions — Plural form of diminution.
- dimitrios i — (Dimitrios Papadopoulos) 1914–91, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church 1972–91.
- diopsimeter — an instrument for measuring the field of vision.
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- diplomatese — the type of language or jargon used by diplomats, thought to be excessively complicated, cautious, or vague
- diplomatics — the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like.
- diplomatist — British Older Use. a Foreign Office employee officially engaged as a diplomat.
- dipsomaniac — a person with an irresistible craving for alcoholic drink.
- disaccustom — to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
- disco music — 70s dance music
- discomfited — Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
- discomforts — Plural form of discomfort.
- discommoded — Simple past tense and past participle of discommode.
- discomposed — Simple past tense and past participle of discompose.
- discomposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discompose.
- discomycete — any of a group of fungi considered as belonging to the class Ascomycetes of the kingdom Plantae, including cup fungi, morels, and truffles, characterized by a cup-shaped or disk-shaped fruiting body.
- disembodied — to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
- disembodies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembody.
- disembowels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembowel.
- disemployed — Simple past tense and past participle of disemploy.
- disempowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disempower.
- disenamored — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disentombed — Simple past tense and past participle of disentomb.
- disharmonic — lacking harmony; disharmonious; discordant.
- disimprison — to release from imprisonment.
- disinformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disinform.
- dislodgment — Alternative form of dislodgement.
- dismounting — Present participle of dismount.