11-letter words containing n, a, r
- darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- dastardness — the sate or quality of being a dastard
- data driven — A data driven architecture/language performs computations in an order dictated by data dependencies. Two kinds of data driven computation are dataflow and demand driven. From about 1970 research in parallel data driven computation increased. Centres of excellence emerged at MIT, CERT-ONERA in France, NTT and ETL in Japan and Manchester University.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- dawn patrol — a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions.
- dawn raider — a person or company that mounts a dawn raid
- day nursery — A day nursery is a place where children who are too young to go to school can be left all day while their parents are at work.
- day trading — the practice of buying and selling shares on the same day, often via the internet, in order to make a quick profit
- day-neutral — (of plants) having an ability to mature and bloom that is not affected by day length
- daydreaming — indulgence in daydreams
- dde manager — An Oracle product that lets Microsoft Windows applications that support the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) protocol act as front end tools for Oracle. It allows applications like Excel, Word, Ami Professional, WingZ and ToolBook to query, update, graph and report information stored in Oracle.
- de la renta — Oscar, 1932–2014, U.S. fashion designer, born in the Dominican Republic.
- dead center — the position of maximum (top dead center) or minimum (bottom dead center) extension of a crank and a connecting rod, in which both are in the same straight line
- dead centre — the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
- dead firing — firing of a furnace or boiler at less than normal operating temperature in order to maintain conditions desirable during a period of idleness.
- dead ringer — a person or thing that closely resembles another; ringer: That old car is a dead ringer for the one we used to own.
- dead-reckon — to calculate (one's position) by means of dead reckoning.
- death grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a grant payable to a relative, executor, etc, after the death of a person
- debarkation — Disembarkation.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
- decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
- decennaries — Plural form of decennary.
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declarement — (obsolete) declaration.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decremental — relating to a small amount that is taken away
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- deferential — Someone who is deferential is polite and respectful towards someone else.
- defibrinate — to divest of fibrin or the protein formed in blood during clotting
- defloration — the act of deflowering
- deformation — the act of deforming; distortion
- degenerated — to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate: The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
- degenerates — Plural form of degenerate.
- degerminate — degerm (def 2).
- degradation — You use degradation to refer to a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality.
- degradingly — that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission.
- degranulate — (of a cell) lose or release granules of a substance, typically as part of an immune reaction.
- dehortation — an exhortation against a course of action
- dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
- dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
- deintegrate — (obsolete) To disintegrate.
- delavirdine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat HIV.
- delibration — (obsolete, uncountable) The act of stripping off bark.
- delineators — Plural form of delineator.