10-letter words containing n, d
- detonative — (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously.
- detonators — Plural form of detonator.
- detracting — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detraining — to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- detriments — Plural form of detriment.
- detritions — Plural form of detrition.
- detruncate — to cut off a part of; truncate
- deunionize — to eliminate labor unions from (a company, industry, etc.).
- deurbanize — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- devanagari — a syllabic script in which Sanskrit, Hindi, and other modern languages of India are written
- developing — If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
- deviations — Plural form of deviation.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- devolution — Devolution is the transfer of some authority or power from a central organization or government to smaller organizations or government departments.
- devonshire — 8th Duke of, title of Spencer Compton Cavendish. 1833–1908, British politician, also known (1858–91) as Lord Hartington. He led the Liberal Party (1874–80) and left it to found the Liberal Unionist Party (1886)
- devotement — The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.
- devourment — the act of devouring
- devoutness — devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious: a devout Catholic.
- dewatering — the act of removing water
- dextranase — an enzyme which breaks down dextran, and is therefore useful for, among other things, preventing tooth decay
- dextrinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a dextrin.
- dextrinize — (transitive) To convert (starch molecules) to dextrin.
- dextrinoid — (mycology) Applied to a mushroom that turns reddish-brown upon application of Melzer's reagent.
- di stéfano — Alfredo (ɑlˈfredo). 1926–2014, Argentinian-born football player, who played for Argentina, Colombia, Spain, and Real Madrid
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- diaconates — Plural form of diaconate.
- diaconicon — (in church architecture) a room where things used during the church service are stored, such as vestments; sacristy
- diagenesis — the sum of the physical, chemical, and biological changes that take place in sediments as they become consolidated into rocks, including compaction and cementation, but excluding weathering and metamorphic changes
- diagenetic — the physical and chemical changes occurring in sediments between the times of deposition and solidification.
- diagnosing — Present participle of diagnose.
- diagnostic — Diagnostic equipment, methods, or systems are used for discovering what is wrong with people who are ill or with things that do not work properly.
- diagonally — Mathematics. connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line. extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane.
- diagraming — Present participle of diagram.
- diakinesis — the final stage of the prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosomes start to separate after crossing over
- dial train — Horology. the part of a going train that drives the minute and hour hands.
- dialled in — exhibiting total concentration on and mastery of the task in hand
- dialoguing — conversation between two or more persons.
- diamantane — (chemistry) A diamondoid consisting of two face-fused cages.
- diamantina — an intermittent river in E Australia, flowing S to Lake Eyre. 560 miles (900 km) long.
- diamantine — of or resembling diamonds
- diamonding — Present participle of diamond.
- diamondize — (transitive) To set with diamonds; to adorn or enrich.
- dianthuses — Plural form of dianthus.
- diaphanous — Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- diaphonous — Misspelling of diaphanous.
- diaz miron — Salvador [sahl-vah-th awr] /ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Mexican poet.