11-letter words containing p, e, r, i, o
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- depreciator — One who depreciates.
- depredation — The depredations of a person, animal, or force are their harmful actions, which usually involve taking or damaging something.
- depressions — Plural form of depression.
- deprivation — If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- descriptors — Plural form of descriptor.
- desk copier — a photocopier compact enough to fit on a desk, table, or similar surface.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right
- diamorphine — heroin.
- diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
- diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- dichroscope — an instrument for investigating the dichroism of solutions or crystals
- 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.
- diopsimeter — an instrument for measuring the field of vision.
- dioptometer — an instrument for measuring the refraction of the eye.
- diphtheroid — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- 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.
- dirty power — Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, drop-outs, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as power hits).
- disapproved — Simple past tense and past participle of disapprove.
- disapprover — One who disapproves.
- disapproves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disapprove.
- disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
- discerption — The action of pulling something apart.
- disempowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disempower.
- dispensator — a person who dispenses; distributor; administrator.
- dispersions — Plural form of dispersion.
- disportment — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- disproperty — to deprive of property
- disprovable — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- disprovided — Simple past tense and past participle of disprovide.
- diterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C20 skeleton.
- do a perish — to die or come near to dying of thirst or starvation
- dotted pair — (programming) The usual LISP syntax for representing a cons cell that is not a list. For example, the expression (cons 'foo 42) returns a cons cell that is output as (foo . 42) which represents a cons cell whose car is the symbol "foo" and whose cdr is the integer 42.
- drip coffee — a beverage prepared in a vessel in which boiling water filters from a top compartment through the coffee into a pot below.
- drop a line — send a message
- drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drop cookie — a cookie made by dropping batter from a spoon onto a cookie sheet for baking.
- dystrophies — Plural form of dystrophy.
- east peoria — a city in central Illinois, near Peoria.
- ectomorphic — having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
- ectotrophic — (of a mycorrhiza) growing outside the root or between the cells.
- edp auditor — (job) A person who analyses system functions and operations to determine adequate security and controls. An EDP analyst evaluates systems and operational procedures and reports findings to senior management. He writes ad hoc report programs using 4GLs and specialised audit software.
- edrophonium — a substance, C 10 H 16 BrNO, used to reverse certain muscle-relaxing agents, such as tubocurarine, in surgical procedures: also used in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.
- emancipator — A person who emancipates.