14-letter words containing o, d, r, i
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- desynchronized — Simple past tense and past participle of desynchronize.
- detective work — If you do some detective work, you do something to find out more about a subject or situation that puzzles you.
- deteriorations — Plural form of deterioration.
- determinations — Plural form of determination.
- deurbanization — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- device control — (character) One of the four ASCII characters, DC1, DC2, DC3, and DC4, once used to remotely control equipment (e.g. a paper tape reader) via electromagnetic switches. The characters were usually paired, DC1/DC3 turning one device on/off, and DC2/DC4 another.
- dextrinization — The process of dextrinizing.
- dextrorotation — a rotation to the right; clockwise rotation, esp of the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light passing through a crystal, liquid, or solution, as seen by an observer facing the oncoming light
- diachronically — in a diachronic fashion
- diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- diamond geezer — a very nice or good man
- diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
- diastereomeric — having the properties of or pertaining to a diastereoisomer
- diaz rodriguez — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1927, Venezuelan author.
- dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
- dichromic acid — an unstable dibasic oxidizing acid known only in solution and in the form of dichromate salts. Formula: H2Cr2O7
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- diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
- diffeomorphism — a differentiable homeomorphism.
- differentiator — a person or thing that differentiates.
- diffractometer — an instrument that is used to study atomic crystal structure by measuring the angles at which x-rays, neutrons, or electrons are diffracted by matter.
- diffractometry — The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction.
- diffuse-porous — having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
- dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
- dihydrocodeine — a synthetic drug similar to codeine, used as an analgesic, an antidiarrhoeal, and to relieve coughing, or used recreationally
- dinitrobenzene — any of three isomeric benzene derivatives having the formula C 6 H 4 NO 2 , made by nitration of benzene or nitrobenzene, the most important of which is the meta form: used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
- dinner trolley — a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
- dio chrysostom — 2nd century ad, Greek orator and philosopher
- dioscoreaceous — of or relating to the Dioscoreaceae family of monocotyledonous plants that includes the yam (genus Dioscurea)
- dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
- dirac constant — a constant used in quantum mechanics, equal to the Planck constant divided by 2π. It has a value of 1.054571596±0.000000078 × 10–34 joule seconds
- direct deposit — a plan in which salaries or other payments are transferred by the paying agency directly to the accounts of the recipients.
- direct product — a group, or other such system, every element of which can be written uniquely as the product of elements of disjoint groups, with each group contributing one element to the product.
- directionality — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- director's cut — an edited version of a movie that has not been altered by a studio and over which its director has complete artistic control.
- disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
- disaffirmation — The act of denial; a declaration that something is not true.
- disafforesting — Present participle of disafforest.
- disaggregation — to separate (an aggregate or mass) into its component parts.
- disapprobation — disapproval; condemnation.
- disapprobatory — Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
- disappropriate — To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
- disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- disassortative — (mathematics) Describing a graph (or network) in which nodes of low degree are more likely to connect with nodes high degree.
- disaster movie — a film in which a disastrous event such as an earthquake, fire, air crash etc is the focus of the action
- disattribution — an act or process of invalidating the attribution of something, for example of a work of art to a particular artist