10-letter words containing o, e, d, i
- dermatosis — any skin disease
- derogating — Present participle of derogate.
- derogation — a lessening or weakening (of power, authority, position, etc.)
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derring-do — Derring-do is the quality of being bold, often in a rather showy or foolish way.
- des moines — a city in S central Iowa: state capital. Pop: 196 093 (2003 est)
- descension — the action of descending; descent
- desciption — Misspelling of description.
- descriptor — a word or phrase which constitutes the descriptive element of a sentence
- desertions — Plural form of desertion.
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- designator — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desirously — With desire; eagerly.
- desmoulins — (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoît) (kamij). 1760–94, French revolutionary leader, pamphleteer, and orator
- desolating — Present participle of desolate.
- desolation — Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
- désorienté — having lost one's bearings; confused
- desorption — the action or process of desorbing
- despiteous — malicious; spiteful.
- despoilers — Plural form of despoiler.
- despoiling — plundering by force
- desponding — to be depressed by loss of hope, confidence, or courage.
- despotical — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- despotisms — Plural form of despotism.
- destocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- destroying — Present participle of destroy.
- detections — Plural form of detection.
- detentions — Plural form of detention.
- dethroning — Present participle of dethrone.
- detonating — Present participle of detonate.
- detonation — A detonation is a large or powerful explosion.
- detonative — (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously.
- detoxicate — to rid (a patient) of a poison or its effects
- detoxified — Simple past tense and past participle of detoxify.
- detoxifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detoxify.
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detritions — Plural form of detrition.
- detrivores — Plural form of detrivore.
- deunionize — to eliminate labor unions from (a company, industry, etc.).
- devalorize — Devalue.
- developing — If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
- deviations — Plural form of deviation.
- devil book — (publication) "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1). The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).
- devil of a — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- devilwoods — Plural form of devilwood.
- devocalize — devoice.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- devolution — Devolution is the transfer of some authority or power from a central organization or government to smaller organizations or government departments.
- devonshire — 8th Duke of, title of Spencer Compton Cavendish. 1833–1908, British politician, also known (1858–91) as Lord Hartington. He led the Liberal Party (1874–80) and left it to found the Liberal Unionist Party (1886)
- devotional — Devotional activities, writings, or objects relate to religious worship.