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11-letter words containing r, i, t, e, o

  • disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
  • disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
  • discerption — The action of pulling something apart.
  • discolorate — (transitive, dated) To discolor.
  • disconcerts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disconcert.
  • discounters — Plural form of discounter.
  • discourtesy — lack or breach of courtesy; incivility; rudeness.
  • discoverist — advocating or using the discovery method.
  • discreation — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
  • discreditor — One who discredits.
  • discretions — Plural form of discretion.
  • disenthrone — to dethrone.
  • disordinate — opposed to or violating moral or legal order
  • disoriented — confused as to time or place; out of touch: therapy for disoriented patients.
  • dispensator — a person who dispenses; distributor; administrator.
  • disportment — to divert or amuse (oneself).
  • disproperty — to deprive of property
  • disrelation — the absence of relation
  • disthronize — to dethrone
  • distortedly — In a distorted way.
  • diterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C20 skeleton.
  • dittersdorf — Karl Ditters von [kahrl dit-uh rs fuh n] /kɑrl ˈdɪt ərs fən/ (Show IPA), 1739–99, Austrian violinist and composer.
  • ditto drive — (hardware, storage)   The Ditto tape drives range in capacity from 120 megabytes to 1.6 gigabytes (data compression can roughly double these figures). The newer devices are designed for special tapes, though they will read standard tape types. The largest of tape stores up 3.2 GB. Using an enhanced floppy drive card the transfer rate approaches the claimed 19 MB/minute. External parallel port versions are also available.
  • divorcement — divorce; separation.
  • dock strike — an industrial dispute involving dock workers
  • doctrinaire — a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
  • dolorimeter — an instrument used in dolorimetry.
  • dolorimetry — a technique for measuring the sensitivity to pain produced by heat rays focused on an area of skin and recorded in dols.
  • dormitories — Plural form of dormitory.
  • dorsetshire — a county in S England. 1024 sq. mi. (2650 sq. km).
  • 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.
  • downlighter — Downlight.
  • drill tower — a structure, usually of concrete and steel, that resembles a building and is used by firefighters for practicing and improving firefighting techniques.
  • drouthiness — the state or condition of being thirsty or dry
  • druid stone — sarsen.
  • dystrophies — Plural form of dystrophy.
  • earthmoving — of or relating to earthmovers: earthmoving machinery.
  • east peoria — a city in central Illinois, near Peoria.
  • eco-tourism — Eco-tourism is the business of providing holidays and related services which are not harmful to the environment of the area.
  • ecocentrism — a philosophy or perspective that places intrinsic value on all living organisms and their natural environment, regardless of their perceived usefulness or importance to human beings.
  • econometric — the application of statistical and mathematical techniques in solving problems as well as in testing and demonstrating theories.
  • ectomorphic — having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
  • ectothermic — a cold-blooded animal.
  • ectotrophic — (of a mycorrhiza) growing outside the root or between the cells.
  • edificatory — intended or serving to edify.
  • editorially — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
  • edp auditor — (job)   A person who analyses system functions and operations to determine adequate security and controls. An EDP analyst evaluates systems and operational procedures and reports findings to senior management. He writes ad hoc report programs using 4GLs and specialised audit software.
  • egocentrism — The constant following of one's egotistical desires to an extreme.
  • eigenvector — A vector that when operated on by a given operator gives a scalar multiple of itself.
  • elaborating — Present participle of elaborate.
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