10-letter words containing n, o, a, d
- diocletian — (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) a.d. 245–316, Illyrian soldier: emperor of Rome 284–305.
- diophantus — 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
- dipsomania — an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drink.
- disanalogy — A lack or failure of analogy.
- disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
- disavowing — Present participle of disavow.
- discomania — Enthusiasm for disco music.
- discordant — being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
- disfashion — (obsolete, transitive) To disfigure.
- disharmony — lack of harmony; discord.
- disiloxane — (organic chemistry) Any siloxane having two -Si-O- groups.
- disorganic — Not organic; having no organization.
- dispassion — the state or quality of being unemotional or emotionally uninvolved.
- dispondaic — of or relating to a dispondee
- dissonance — inharmonious or harsh sound; discord; cacophony.
- dissonancy — dissonance.
- dissuasion — an act or instance of dissuading.
- distrainor — (legal) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
- dithionate — a salt of dithionic acid.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- divagation — to wander; stray.
- divination — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- divinatory — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- do penance — make amends for sth
- dobzhansky — Theodosius (Grigorievich) [gri-gawr-ee-uh-vich,, -gohr-] /grɪˈgɔr i ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈgoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1900–75, U.S. geneticist, born in Russia.
- docosanoic — behenic.
- documental — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dodecanese — a group of 12 Greek islands in the Aegean, off the SW coast of Turkey: belonged to Italy 1911–45. 1035 sq. mi. (2680 sq. km).
- dodecanoic — Of or pertaining to dodecanoic acid or its derivatives.
- dog salmon — chum salmon.
- dog warden — dogcatcher.
- dognapping — Kidnapping or stealing of a dog owned by someone else.
- dominantly — ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command.
- dominating — Have a commanding influence on; exercise control over.
- domination — an act or instance of dominating.
- dominative — dominating; controlling.
- dominators — Plural form of dominator.
- dominatrix — a woman who plays the dominant role in a sado-masochistic sexual relationship or encounter.
- dominicale — a veil formerly worn by women during divine service.
- donatistic — relating to a Donatist or Donatism
- donor card — a signed and witnessed card, meant to be carried in a wallet, purse, etc., specifying a person's wish to offer body organs or parts for transplantation or scientific use in case of death.
- doom-laden — conveying a sense of disaster and tragedy
- doomsaying — a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.
- door chain — a short chain with a removable slide fitting that can be attached between the inside of a door and the doorjamb to prevent the door from being opened more than a few inches without the chain being removed.
- doorhandle — A door handle.
- dopexamine — A \u03b21- and \u03b22-adrenergic receptor agonist.
- dorsal fin — the fin or finlike integumentary expansion generally developed on the back of aquatic vertebrates.
- doug lenat — (person) One of the world's leading computer scientists specialising in Artificial Intelligence. He is currently (1999) head of the Cyc Project at MCC, and President of Cycorp. He has been a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon University and Stanford University. See also microLenat.
- down quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 0.005 to 0.015 GeV/c2, a negative charge that is 1⁄3 the charge of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness