10-letter words containing r, i, d, o
- deliration — delirium; madness
- delta iron — an allotrope of iron that exists between 1400°C and the melting point of iron and has the same structure as alpha iron
- demirepdom — the world or society of demireps
- democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- demolisher — One who demolishes.
- demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- dendriform — branching or treelike in appearance
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- dendroidal — Dendroid; resembling a shrub or tree.
- dendrophis — a genus of harmless tree-dwelling snake, of which varieties can be found in South America, India, Australia, Africa, and North America
- denigrator — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- deodoriser — A device for removing or covering obnoxious odors; a device to dispense deodorant.
- deodorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deodorize.
- deodorizer — any substance or device used in deodorizing something; esp., a spray or the like used to mask odors, as in a room
- deoxidiser — Alternative form of deoxidizer.
- deoxidizer — Any agent that reduces the oxygen content of a material; a deoxidant.
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- depolarize — to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization
- depositary — a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation
- depositors — Plural form of depositor.
- depository — A depository is a place where objects can be stored safely.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- derisorily — In a derisory manner.
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- dermatosis — any skin disease
- derogating — Present participle of derogate.
- derogation — a lessening or weakening (of power, authority, position, etc.)
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derring-do — Derring-do is the quality of being bold, often in a rather showy or foolish way.
- descriptor — a word or phrase which constitutes the descriptive element of a sentence
- desertions — Plural form of desertion.
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- designator — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desirously — With desire; eagerly.
- désorienté — having lost one's bearings; confused
- desorption — the action or process of desorbing
- despoilers — Plural form of despoiler.
- destroying — Present participle of destroy.
- dethroning — Present participle of dethrone.
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detritions — Plural form of detrition.
- detrivores — Plural form of detrivore.
- devalorize — Devalue.
- devonshire — 8th Duke of, title of Spencer Compton Cavendish. 1833–1908, British politician, also known (1858–91) as Lord Hartington. He led the Liberal Party (1874–80) and left it to found the Liberal Unionist Party (1886)
- dexterious — Misspelling of dextrous, alternative spelling to dexterous.
- dextrinoid — (mycology) Applied to a mushroom that turns reddish-brown upon application of Melzer's reagent.
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical