11-letter words containing n, o, r, t
- dogtrotting — Present participle of dogtrot.
- 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
- 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.
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
- downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
- downstrokes — Plural form of downstroke.
- downtrodden — tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.
- draftswoman — a woman employed in making mechanical drawings.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- 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.
- 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.
- drop a hint — If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
- drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)
- drouthiness — the state or condition of being thirsty or dry
- druid stone — sarsen.
- drunkometer — a device for measuring the amount of alcohol in a person's breath to determine the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream.
- dry-footing — removal of glaze from the rim at the bottom of a piece.
- dynamometer — An instrument that measures the power output of an engine.
- dynamometry — The measurement of forces doing work.
- earthmoving — of or relating to earthmovers: earthmoving machinery.
- earthperson — a human inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- east orange — a city in NE New Jersey, near Newark.
- easternmost — farthest east.
- ecocentrism — a philosophy or perspective that places intrinsic value on all living organisms and their natural environment, regardless of their perceived usefulness or importance to human beings.
- econometric — the application of statistical and mathematical techniques in solving problems as well as in testing and demonstrating theories.
- egocentrism — The constant following of one's egotistical desires to an extreme.
- eigenvector — A vector that when operated on by a given operator gives a scalar multiple of itself.
- elaborating — Present participle of elaborate.
- elaboration — The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- electioneer — (of a politician or political campaigner) take part actively and energetically in the activities of an election campaign.
- electrition — (uncountable, physiology) The ability to determine the electrical condition of an external body.
- electronica — (music genre) Any of a wide range of electronic music genres.
- electronics — (physics) The study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles.
- electrotint — a printing block made by drawing on a metal plate with varnish and electrolytically depositing a layer of metal on the nonvarnished areas of the plate
- eliminators — Plural form of eliminator.
- eliminatory — Tending to eliminate.
- elutriation — The process of separating the lighter particles from the heavier ones by means of an upward directed stream of gas or liquid.
- emancipator — A person who emancipates.
- embarcation — Alternative form of embarkation.
- embarkation — The act of embarking.
- embowerment — the act of embowering
- embrocating — Present participle of embrocate.
- embrocation — A liquid used for rubbing on the body to relieve pain from sprains and strains.
- embroilment — The condition of being embroiled in something; an imbroglio or entanglement.
- embryonated — Containing an embryo.