10-letter words containing o, d, r, l
- decanormal — (of a solution) containing ten equivalent weights of solute per liter of solution.
- decinormal — having one tenth of the strength of a standard solution
- declarator — an action seeking to have some right, status, etc, judicially ascertained
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- decollator — (computing) a machine that decollates (separates) the parts of multipart computer printout and discards the carbon paper.
- decolorant — able to decolour or bleach
- decolorate — to change or fade in colour
- decolorize — to take the color out of, as by bleaching
- decompiler — (computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
- decorously — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- decreolize — to modify (a creole language) in the direction of a standard form of the language on which most of the vocabulary of the creole is based.
- deep floor — any of the floors toward the ends of a vessel, deeper than those of standard depth amidships.
- defalcator — A defaulter or embezzler.
- deflectors — Plural form of deflector.
- deflowered — Simple past tense and past participle of deflower.
- deflowerer — One who deflowers.
- defoliator — An adult or larval insect that strips all the leaves from a tree or shrub.
- deformable — to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
- delegators — Plural form of delegator.
- delegatory — of or relating to the delegation or assignment of authority, power, or responsibility.
- delineator — a tailor's pattern, adjustable for different sizes
- deliration — delirium; madness
- delta iron — an allotrope of iron that exists between 1400°C and the melting point of iron and has the same structure as alpha iron
- demolisher — One who demolishes.
- demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- dendroidal — Dendroid; resembling a shrub or tree.
- dendrology — the branch of botany that is concerned with the natural history of trees and shrubs
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- deplorably — causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend.
- depolarize — to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization
- deportable — liable to deportation
- derisorily — In a derisory manner.
- dermatomal — Anatomy. an area of skin that is supplied with the nerve fibers of a single, posterior, spinal root.
- deschooler — an advocate of deschooling
- desirously — With desire; eagerly.
- desolatory — tending to cause desolation
- despoilers — Plural form of despoiler.
- devalorize — Devalue.
- developers — Plural form of developer.
- dextrously — Alternative form of dexterously.
- diarrhoeal — Standard spelling of diarrheal.
- dichloride — a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dichlorvos — an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- difluoride — (chemistry) any chloride containing two fluorine atoms in each molecule.
- dilatorily — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dirt floor — a floor made of packed earth