10-letter words containing m, o, s, t
- cystectomy — surgical removal of the gall bladder or of part of the urinary bladder
- cystograms — Plural form of cystogram.
- cystometer — a device for determining the reaction of the urinary bladder to increased internal pressure.
- cystostomy — a surgical procedure whereby an incision is made in the skin and urinary bladder to allow the drainage of urine
- cytoplasms — Plural form of cytoplasm.
- damnations — Plural form of damnation.
- demantoids — Plural form of demantoid.
- demob suit — a suit of civilian clothes issued to a demobilized soldier, esp at the end of World War II
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- demon star — Algol.
- demonetise — To remove the status of legal tender from a coin etc. and remove it from circulation.
- dermatomes — Plural form of dermatome.
- dermatoses — Plural form of dermatosis.
- dermatosis — any skin disease
- despotisms — Plural form of despotism.
- deutoplasm — nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- dictyosome — a Golgi body, esp in a plant cell
- dime store — five-and-ten (def 1).
- diothelism — the doctrine that Christ on earth had two wills, human and divine
- diplomates — Plural form of diplomate.
- discectomy — Surgical removal of the whole or a part of an intervertebral disc.
- discomfits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discomfit.
- discomfort — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- dismounted — Pertaining to a horseman who has gotten off his horse, or to something which has been removed from its usual mounting, as with a statue off its pedestal, a framed picture from a wall, or a chandelier hanging from a ceiling.
- disownment — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
- ditch-moss — elodea.
- docimastic — of or relating to docimasy
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- dogmatists — Plural form of dogmatist.
- dogmatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dogmatize.
- domestical — Archaic form of domestic.
- domestique — Cycling. a member of a bicycle-racing team who assists the leader, as by setting a pace, preventing breakaways by other teams, or supplying food during a race.
- dominators — Plural form of dominator.
- dosemeters — Plural form of dosemeter.
- dosimeters — Plural form of dosimeter.
- dosimetric — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- downstream — upstream
- dreamboats — Plural form of dreamboat.
- drosometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of dew formed on a given surface.
- durometers — Plural form of durometer.
- dust mouse — a dust ball.
- dust storm — a storm of strong winds and dust-filled air over an extensive area during a period of drought over normally arable land (distinguished from sandstorm).
- earthworms — Plural form of earthworm.
- east timor — a small country in SE Asia, comprising part of the island of Timor: colonized by Portugal in the 19th century; declared independence in 1975 but immediately invaded by Indonesia; under UN administration from 1999 and an independent state from 2002. It is mountainous with a monsoon climate; subsistence agriculture is the main occupation. Languages: Portuguese, Tetun (a lingua franca), and Bahasa Indonesia. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: Dili. Pop: 1 172 390 (2013 est). Area: 14 874 sq km (5743 sq miles)
- eastermost — (archaic) easternmost.
- ebionitism — The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.
- economists — Plural form of economist.
- ecosystems — a system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.
- ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.