11-letter words containing n, o, r, t
- cyprinodont — any small tropical or subtropical soft-finned fish of the mostly marine family Cyprinodontidae, resembling carp but having toothed jaws. The group includes the guppy, killifish, swordtail, and topminnow
- cyproterone — an antiandrogen drug that suppresses testosterone in the body
- cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- dap fortran — ["Efficient High Speed Computing with the Distributed Array Processor", P.M. Flanders et al, pp.113-127 (1977)].
- dawn patrol — a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions.
- debarkation — Disembarkation.
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- deconstruct — In philosophy and literary criticism, to deconstruct an idea or text means to show the contradictions in its meaning, and to show how it does not fully explain what it claims to explain.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- defloration — the act of deflowering
- deforcement — (legal) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
- deforesting — Present participle of deforest.
- deformation — the act of deforming; distortion
- 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.
- dehortation — an exhortation against a course of action
- dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
- delibration — (obsolete, uncountable) The act of stripping off bark.
- delineators — Plural form of delineator.
- delineatory — That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.
- demarcation — Demarcation is the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
- demarkation — the determining and marking off of the boundaries of something.
- demigration — moving from one place to another
- demonolater — a person who worships demons
- demonolatry — the worship of demons
- demonstrant — demonstrator (def 2).
- demonstrate — If you demonstrate a particular skill, quality, or feeling, you show by your actions that you have it.
- dendrolatry — the worship of trees
- dendrometer — an instrument used for measuring trees
- denervation — to cut off the nerve supply from (an organ or body part) by surgery or anesthetic block.
- denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- denigratory — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- denitration — Chemistry. to free from nitric acid or nitrates; remove oxides of nitrogen from.
- denominator — In mathematics, the denominator is the number which appears under the line in a fraction.
- dentigerous — bearing or having teeth
- denver boot — A Denver boot is a large metal device which is fitted to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away. The driver has to pay to have the device removed.
- deobstruent — a drug which removes obstructions in the body by aiding the opening of ducts
- deploration — the act of deploring
- deportation — the act of expelling an alien from a country; expulsion
- deportments — Plural form of deportment.
- depravation — to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- depredation — The depredations of a person, animal, or force are their harmful actions, which usually involve taking or damaging something.
- deprivation — If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
- deprotonate — (chemistry, ergative) To remove one or more protons from (a molecule).