11-letter words containing n, o, r, t
- dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
- derivations — Plural form of derivation.
- dermatozoon — any microscopic animal or protozoan living as a parasite on or in the skin of the host.
- dermopteran — flying lemur
- derogations — Plural form of derogation.
- desalinator — an apparatus used in the process of desalination
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- designators — Plural form of designator.
- designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- deuteranope — a person suffering from deuteranopia
- deuteration — the process of introducing deuterium into a molecule or chemical compound
- deuteronomy — the fifth book of the Old Testament, containing a second statement of the Mosaic Law
- diatessaron — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fourth
- diffraction — the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light bands (diffraction pattern) at the edge of a shadow.
- dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- dioxonitric — as in dioxonitric acid, the systematic name of nitrous acid
- diprotodons — Plural form of diprotodon.
- diprotodont — any marsupial of the group or suborder Diprotodontia, including kangaroos, phalangers, and wombats, having fewer than three upper incisor teeth on each side of the jaw
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- dirty money — money obtained by immoral means
- discerption — The action of pulling something apart.
- disconcerts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disconcert.
- discounters — Plural form of discounter.
- discreation — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- discretions — Plural form of discretion.
- disenthrone — to dethrone.
- disordinate — opposed to or violating moral or legal order
- disoriented — confused as to time or place; out of touch: therapy for disoriented patients.
- dispensator — a person who dispenses; distributor; administrator.
- disportment — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- disrelation — the absence of relation
- disruptions — Plural form of disruption.
- disthronize — to dethrone
- distortions — The action of distorting or the state of being distorted.
- distraction — the act of distracting.
- distriction — (obsolete) Sudden display; flash; glitter.
- diterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C20 skeleton.
- divorcement — divorce; separation.
- do honor to — to show great respect for
- 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.
- doctrinally — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- 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 curtain — a flap on a canvas cover for a binnacle, affording a view of the compass when raised.