11-letter words containing r, e, s, i, d
- desilverize — to extract silver from (metal)
- desipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant drug
- desiredness — to wish or long for; crave; want.
- desk copier — a photocopier compact enough to fit on a desk, table, or similar surface.
- desk editor — someone employed to read through newspaper text before publication to correct errors
- desmodromic — (of mechanisms, almost exclusively of valves) that are controlled in both directions of their movement. A desmodromic valve is one which is actively both opened and closed by a mechanism rather than by a spring
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- desterilize — to bring back from a sterile state; specif., to release (gold) from a neutralized position into an active position in the monetary system where it can support credit and monetary issues
- destructing — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
- desulfurize — to remove sulfur from
- desultorily — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- detectorist — a person whose hobby is using a metal detector
- deteriorism — the belief that everything is getting worse, that the universe is deteriorating or decaying
- determiners — Plural form of determiner.
- determinism — Determinism is the belief that all actions and events result from other actions, events, or situations, so people cannot in fact choose what to do.
- determinist — A determinist is someone who believes in determinism.
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- detribalise — Alt form detribalize.
- devitrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitrify.
- dexterities — Plural form of dexterity.
- diaper rash — (in babies) any irritation to the skin around the genitals, anus, or buttocks, usually caused by contact with urine or excrement
- diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
- diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
- diarthroses — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
- diatessaron — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fourth
- dicasteries — Plural form of dicastery.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichroscope — an instrument for investigating the dichroism of solutions or crystals
- didgeridoos — Plural form of didgeridoo.
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- differences — Plural form of difference.
- 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.
- dignitaries — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- digressions — Plural form of digression.
- dinner suit — a dinner jacket and trousers, often worn with a bow tie at formal events
- dinnerwares — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
- diode laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
- diopsimeter — an instrument for measuring the field of vision.
- direct cost — a cost that can be related directly to the production of a product or to a particular function or service.
- directories — directory
- direfulness — the state or fact of being direful
- dis-favored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disaccorded — Simple past tense and past participle of disaccord.
- disaccredit — to take away the accreditation or authorization of: to disaccredit a diplomat.
- disafforest — To deforest.
- disagreeing — Present participle of disagree.
- disannuller — a person who disannuls