11-letter words containing n, e, r, d, o
- disthronize — to dethrone
- diterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C20 skeleton.
- diversional — offering diversion or recreation; diverting.
- divorcement — divorce; separation.
- do a runner — escape, run away
- doc martens — a brand of lace-up boots with thick lightweight resistant soles
- doctrinaire — a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documenters — Plural form of documenter.
- dog fancier — a person with a special interest in dogs
- dog handler — a member of the police force, a security organization, etc, who works in collaboration with a specially trained dog
- dogger bank — a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.
- domineering — inclined to rule arbitrarily or despotically; overbearing; tyrannical: domineering parents.
- doner kebab — a fast-food dish comprising grilled meat and salad served in pitta bread with chilli sauce
- donkey ride — a ride on the back of a donkey, esp for recreation
- donkey work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- donkey-work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- donner pass — a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada, in E California. 7135 feet (2175 meters) high.
- donor sperm — sperm which has been voluntarily given for use in the insemination of another person
- door handle — doorknob.
- door opener — a mechanism that automatically opens a door, as of a garage, when actuated by a radio transmitter, electric eye, or other device.
- doorknocker — A knocker mounted on a door.
- doorpersons — Plural form of doorperson.
- dorian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from D to D.
- dorset down — a breed of stocky hornless sheep having a broad head, dark face, and a dense fleece: kept for lamb production
- dorset horn — one of an English breed of sheep having a close-textured, medium-length wool.
- dorset naga — a British-grown variety of the Naga Jolokia chilli pepper, noted for its extreme heat
- double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
- down-easter — a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
- down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
- downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
- downriggers — Plural form of downrigger.
- downstrokes — Plural form of downstroke.
- downtrodden — tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- dragon beam — dragging piece.
- dragon tree — a tall, treelike plant, Dracaena draco, of the Canary Islands, scarce in the wild but common in cultivation, yielding a variety of dragon's blood.
- dragon-head — dragonhead.
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dronishness — the quality or capacity to drone
- drop a line — send a message
- drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)
- drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drouthiness — the state or condition of being thirsty or dry
- druid stone — sarsen.
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- drunkometer — a device for measuring the amount of alcohol in a person's breath to determine the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream.