11-letter words containing r, i, o, t
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- desert soil — a type of soil developed in arid climates, characterized by a lack of leaching and small humus content
- designators — Plural form of designator.
- designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desk editor — someone employed to read through newspaper text before publication to correct errors
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- desultorily — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- detectorist — a person whose hobby is using a metal detector
- deteriorate — If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
- deteriorism — the belief that everything is getting worse, that the universe is deteriorating or decaying
- deteriority — the quality of being inferior or worse
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- detritivore — an organism that uses organic waste as a food source, as certain insects.
- detritovore — any organism that feeds on detritus
- deuteration — the process of introducing deuterium into a molecule or chemical compound
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diarrhoetic — Alternative form of diarrhetic.
- diarthroses — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
- diarthrosis — any freely movable joint, such as the shoulder and hip joints
- diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
- diatessaron — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fourth
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichromatic — having or consisting of only two colours
- dictatorial — Dictatorial means controlled or used by a dictator.
- diffraction — the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light bands (diffraction pattern) at the edge of a shadow.
- digladiator — a person who contends or fights
- dilapidator — One who dilapidates, a person committing dilapidation.
- dilatometer — a device for measuring expansion caused by changes in temperature in substances.
- dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks
- dimitrios i — (Dimitrios Papadopoulos) 1914–91, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church 1972–91.
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- diopsimeter — an instrument for measuring the field of vision.
- dioptometer — an instrument for measuring the refraction of the eye.
- dioxonitric — as in dioxonitric acid, the systematic name of nitrous acid
- diphtheroid — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- diprotodons — Plural form of diprotodon.
- diprotodont — any marsupial of the group or suborder Diprotodontia, including kangaroos, phalangers, and wombats, having fewer than three upper incisor teeth on each side of the jaw
- dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
- direct cost — a cost that can be related directly to the production of a product or to a particular function or service.
- directed oc — (language) (Doc) A language related to Oc.
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directorate — the office of a director.
- directorial — pertaining to a director or directorate.
- directories — directory
- dirlotapide — A drug used to treat obesity in dogs.
- dirty money — money obtained by immoral means
- 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).
- disafforest — To deforest.