11-letter words containing p, a, e
- depredation — The depredations of a person, animal, or force are their harmful actions, which usually involve taking or damaging something.
- depredatory — Tending or designed to depredate.
- depressants — Plural form of depressant.
- deprivation — If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
- deprivative — of, relating to, or causing deprivation
- deprivatize — (transitive) To strip the privacy from; to make public.
- deprogramme — to free (someone) from the effects of indoctrination, esp by a religious cult or political group
- deprotonate — (chemistry, ergative) To remove one or more protons from (a molecule).
- depth gauge — a device attached to a drill bit to prevent the hole from exceeding a predetermined depth
- deputations — Plural form of deputation.
- deputy head — a vice-principal
- dermapteran — any insect of the order Dermaptera, the earwigs
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermography — a type of marking on the skin, whether in the form of writing or pictures, supposedly of psychic origin, similar to stigmata except for being more short-lived
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- dermopteran — flying lemur
- des plaines — city in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 59,000
- desert palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
- desipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant drug
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- desperadoes — Plural form of desperado.
- desperately — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- deuteranope — a person suffering from deuteranopia
- developable — Able to be developed, in particular.
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- diamorphine — heroin.
- diaper rash — (in babies) any irritation to the skin around the genitals, anus, or buttocks, usually caused by contact with urine or excrement
- diaphaneity — the quality of being diaphanous; transparency.
- diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
- diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diapophyses — Plural form of diapophysis.
- diapositive — a positive transparency; slide
- dicephalous — having two heads
- digger wasp — any of numerous solitary wasps of the family Sphecidae, which excavate nests in soil, wood, etc., and provision them with prey paralyzed by stinging.
- digital pen — a pen-like device that enables a person to enter information into a digital electronic device by writing on a screen
- dilapidated — reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- dinnerplate — A plate on which dinner can be served.
- diophantine — Alternative capitalization of Diophantine.
- dipeptidase — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of dipeptides.
- diphosphate — a pyrophosphate.
- diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- diplomatese — the type of language or jargon used by diplomats, thought to be excessively complicated, cautious, or vague
- diplomatize — to use diplomacy or tact.
- dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
- dirlotapide — A drug used to treat obesity in dogs.