11-letter words containing r, d, o, p
- 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).
- disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
- 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.
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
- discophoran — a member of the Discophora group
- disempowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disempower.
- disimprison — to release from imprisonment.
- diskography — discography.
- 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.
- disruptions — Plural form of disruption.
- diterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C20 skeleton.
- dittography — reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error.
- do a perish — to die or come near to dying of thirst or starvation
- do sb proud — If someone does you proud, they treat you very well, for example by welcoming you and giving you good food and entertainment.
- do up brown — to do completely or perfectly
- do up right — to do carefully or thoroughly
- doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
- doll's pram — toy: miniature baby carriage
- donner pass — a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada, in E California. 7135 feet (2175 meters) high.
- donor sperm — sperm which has been voluntarily given for use in the insemination of another person
- door opener — a mechanism that automatically opens a door, as of a garage, when actuated by a radio transmitter, electric eye, or other device.
- doorkeepers — Plural form of doorkeeper.
- doorpersons — Plural form of doorperson.
- doorstepper — a person who goes from door-to-door in order to canvass or interview
- doorstopper — A doorstop: a device for halting the motion of a door.
- dope pusher — pusher (def 2).
- dorsispinal — of or relating to the back and the spine.
- dot product — inner product (def 1).
- 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.
- double-crop — to raise two consecutive crops on the same land within a single growing season.
- double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
- downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
- doxographer — a person who collects the opinions and conjectures of ancient Greek philosophers
- drag-n-drop — (spelling) Stupid spelling of drag and drop.
- drill corps — drill team.
- drip coffee — a beverage prepared in a vessel in which boiling water filters from a top compartment through the coffee into a pot below.
- dromophobia — an irrational fear of crossing roads
- drop a hint — If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
- drop a line — send a message