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11-letter words containing m, u, d, s

  • desublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • detumescent — characterized by detumescence
  • deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
  • diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
  • dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
  • dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
  • diluvialism — the theory, generally abandoned in the mid-19th century, that the earth's surface was shaped by the biblical flood
  • diminuendos — Plural form of diminuendo.
  • diminutions — Plural form of diminution.
  • diminutives — Plural form of diminutive.
  • disaccustom — to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
  • disco music — 70s dance music
  • disemburden — to remove a burden from (someone or something)
  • disencumber — to free from a burden or other encumbrance; disburden.
  • dismayfully — in a dismayful manner
  • dismounting — Present participle of dismount.
  • dismutation — (biochemistry) A disproportionation reaction, especially in a biological context, in which oxidized and reduced forms of a chemical species are produced simultaneously.
  • disseminule — any propagative part of a plant, as a bud, seed, or spore, that is capable of disseminating the plant.
  • dissimulate — to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.
  • documenters — Plural form of documenter.
  • don juanism — a syndrome, occurring in males, of excessive preoccupation with sexual gratification or conquest and leading to persistently transient and sometimes exploitative relationships.
  • dorsolumbar — of, relating to, or affecting the back in the region of the lumbar vertebrae.
  • dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
  • draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
  • draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
  • draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
  • draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
  • dromaeosaur — Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
  • drum'n'bass — a type of electronic dance music using mainly bass guitar and drum sounds
  • dry measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring dry commodities, as grain or fruit. In the U.S. 2 pints = 1 quart (1.101 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (8.810 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (35.24 liters). In Great Britain 2 pints = 1 quart (1.136 liters); 4 quarts = 1 gallon (4.546 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (9.092 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (36.37 liters); 8 bushels = 1 quarter (291.0 liters).
  • duces tecum — subpoena duces tecum.
  • dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
  • dumb sheave — a block having no sheave or other part rolling with the movement of a line.
  • dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
  • dumpishness — the state of being downhearted and dejected
  • duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.
  • dustbin man — (in British English) a man that is employed to collect domestic refuse
  • dwarf sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus copallina, of the cashew family, native to the eastern U.S., having shiny, pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of red, berrylike fruit.
  • emasculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emasculate.
  • estremadura — a region of W Spain: arid and sparsely populated except in the valleys of the Tagus and Guardiana rivers. Area: 41 593 sq km (16 059 sq miles)
  • eudaemonism — A system of ethics that bases moral value on the likelihood that good actions will produce happiness.
  • eudaemonist — A supporter of eudaemonism.
  • eudiometers — Plural form of eudiometer.
  • field mouse — any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.
  • film studio — a place where films are made
  • four-masted — carrying four masts.
  • freudianism — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
  • gourmandism — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
  • guardswoman — A female guardsman.
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