11-letter words containing p, o, r, e, d
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- decompilers — Plural form of decompiler.
- decomposers — Plural form of decomposer.
- deep throat — an anonymous source of secret information
- deep-frozen — to quick-freeze (food).
- deep-rooted — Deep-rooted means the same as deep-seated.
- delors plan — a plan for closer European union, originated by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission (1985–94)
- demographer — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
- dendroglyph — the art of carving in the bark of a living tree, esp as practised by the aboriginal peoples of New Zealand
- dendrophile — One who loves trees.
- deploration — the act of deploring
- deploringly — In a deploring manner.
- depolarized — Simple past tense and past participle of depolarize.
- depolarizer — a substance added to the electrolyte of an electric cell or battery to remove gas collected at the electrodes.
- depopulator — a thing that causes a decrease in population
- deportation — the act of expelling an alien from a country; expulsion
- deportments — Plural form of deportment.
- depravation — to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecatory — expressing disapproval; protesting
- depreciator — One who depreciates.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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
- 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.
- desperadoes — Plural form of desperado.
- 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
- 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.