10-letter words containing o, d, m, e
- denominate — to give a specific name to; designate
- denotement — A sign, indication.
- denouement — In a book, play, or series of events, the denouement is the sequence of events at the end, when things come to a conclusion.
- deployment — The deployment of troops, resources, or equipment is the organization and positioning of them so that they are ready for quick action.
- deportment — Your deportment is the way you behave, especially the way you walk and move.
- dermatogen — a meristem at the apex of stems and roots that gives rise to the epidermis
- dermatomal — Anatomy. an area of skin that is supplied with the nerve fibers of a single, posterior, spinal root.
- dermatomes — Plural form of dermatome.
- dermatoses — Plural form of dermatosis.
- dermatosis — any skin disease
- dermopathy — Disease of the skin.
- dermotherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- des moines — a city in S central Iowa: state capital. Pop: 196 093 (2003 est)
- desmosomal — of or relating to desmosomes
- desmosomes — Plural form of desmosome.
- desmoulins — (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoît) (kamij). 1760–94, French revolutionary leader, pamphleteer, and orator
- despotisms — Plural form of despotism.
- deus ramos — João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1830–96, Portuguese poet.
- deutoplasm — nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum
- devotement — The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.
- devourment — the act of devouring
- diagometer — an instrument invented by Rousseau, formerly used to measure the electrical conductivity of substances
- diamondize — (transitive) To set with diamonds; to adorn or enrich.
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- dibromides — Plural form of dibromide.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dictyosome — a Golgi body, esp in a plant cell
- dime novel — a cheap melodramatic or sensational novel, usually in paperback and selling for ten cents, especially such an adventure novel popular c1850 to c1920.
- dime store — five-and-ten (def 1).
- dimensions — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dimethoate — a highly toxic crystalline compound, C 5 H 12 NO 3 PS 2 , used as an insecticide.
- dimetrodon — an extinct carnivorous mammallike reptile, of the genus Dimetrodon, dominant in North America during the Permian Period, up to 10 feet (3.1 meter) long and usually bearing spinal sails.
- diminuendo — a gradual reduction of force or loudness.
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
- diothelism — the doctrine that Christ on earth had two wills, human and divine
- diplomates — Plural form of diplomate.
- diremption — a sharp division into two parts; disjunction; separation.
- discectomy — Surgical removal of the whole or a part of an intervertebral disc.
- discommend — to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.
- discommode — to cause inconvenience to; disturb, trouble, or bother.
- discompose — to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
- diseconomy — a lack of economy.
- disembargo — to remove an embargo from.
- disembogue — to discharge contents by pouring forth.
- disembosom — to reveal; divulge.
- disembowel — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disembroil — to free from embroilment, entanglement, or confusion.
- disempower — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disemvowel — to remove the vowels from (a word in a text message, email, etc) in order to abbreviate it
- disimprove — (transitive, rare) to make worse.