10-letter words containing o, r, e, c
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- destructor — a furnace or incinerator for the disposal of refuse, esp one that uses the resulting heat to generate power
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detractors — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detractory — (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
- 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.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- directions — the act or an instance of directing.
- directoire — noting or pertaining to the style of French furnishings and decoration of the mid-1790s, characterized by an increasing use of Greco-Roman forms along with an introduction, toward the end, of Egyptian motifs: usually includes the Consulate period.
- disclosers — Plural form of discloser.
- disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- discolored — Changed in color in a way that is less attractive.
- disconcert — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- discounter — a person who discounts.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discoursed — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discourser — One who discourses; a narrator or speaker.
- discourses — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discovered — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discoverer — a person who discovers.
- discretion — the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice: It is entirely within my discretion whether I will go or stay.
- discrowned — Simple past tense and past participle of discrown.
- disfrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of disfrock.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- dockworker — a person employed on the docks of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- doctorates — Plural form of doctorate.
- doctorless — Without a doctor or doctors.
- documenter — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- dog tucker — the meat of a sheep killed on a farm and used as dog food
- dogcatcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- door check — a device, usually hydraulic or pneumatic, for controlling the closing of a door and preventing it from slamming.
- dorchester — a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.
- dosimetric — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- dot-commer — a company doing business mostly or solely on the Internet.
- dove color — warm gray with a slight purplish or pinkish tint.
- downcomers — a pipe, tube, or passage for conducting fluid materials downward.
- downcurved — curved downward at the edges or end: his downcurved mouth conveyed his disappointment; downcurved beak.
- draconites — a type of precious stone thought to be found in a dragon's head
- dracontine — Belonging to a dragon.
- dreadlocks — a hair style, especially among Rastafarians, in which the hair is worn in long, ropelike locks.
- dress coat — tail coat.
- dress code — a set of rules specifying the garb or type of clothing to be worn by a group or by people under specific circumstances: a military dress code; The restaurant's dress code requires men to wear jackets and ties at dinner.
- drop cable — Wiring between a computer and its Ethernet transceiver. Maximum length if full-spec is 47m.
- drop scene — a drop curtain, often of painted or dyed canvas, located downstage and used as the backdrop for a scene played while the set upstage is being changed.
- drop scone — a flat spongy cake made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
- dropkicked — Simple past tense and past participle of dropkick.
- dropkicker — One who dropkicks.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.