10-letter words containing o, d, r, i, m
- diaz miron — Salvador [sahl-vah-th awr] /ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Mexican poet.
- dibromides — Plural form of dibromide.
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dichromism — the state of being dichromic
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- difformity — the quality of being different or irregular in form
- digitiform — like a finger.
- digitorium — a small portable keyboard for a pianist to play finger exercises on
- dime store — five-and-ten (def 1).
- 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.
- dimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of two forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species. Compare sexual dimorphism.
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- diremption — a sharp division into two parts; disjunction; separation.
- dirty bomb — a nuclear warhead designed to produce a great amount of radioactive debris by use of a fusion core, fission trigger, and casing of uranium-238.
- discomfort — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconfirm — to prove to be invalid.
- disembargo — to remove an embargo from.
- 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.
- disharmony — lack of harmony; discord.
- disimprove — (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- dismissory — of or relating to dismission
- dispermous — having two seeds.
- ditto mark — Often, ditto marks. two small marks (″) indicating the repetition of something, usually placed beneath the thing repeated.
- dogmatizer — One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
- domiciliar — a canon of a minor order.
- dominators — Plural form of dominator.
- dominatrix — a woman who plays the dominant role in a sado-masochistic sexual relationship or encounter.
- domineered — Simple past tense and past participle of domineer.
- dosimeters — Plural form of dosimeter.
- dosimetric — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- dot matrix — a method of forming characters and graphics, used by CRTs and other screens, some printers (dot-matrix printers) and some plotters, by creating the desired pattern using dots from a dense matrix.
- dot-matrix — using matrix dots
- dove prism — a prism that inverts a beam of light, often used in a telescope to produce an erect image.
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
- drearisome — Very dreary.
- drive home — to cause to penetrate to the fullest extent
- dromomania — An irrational impulse to wander or travel without purpose.
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dysmorphia — Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body.
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
- embroiders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embroider.
- embroidery — The art or pastime of embroidering cloth.