10-letter words containing r, m
- dendrogram — any branching diagram, such as a cladogram, showing the interconnections between treelike organisms
- densimeter — any instrument for measuring density
- department — A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
- deportment — Your deportment is the way you behave, especially the way you walk and move.
- deracemize — (chemistry) To convert a racemic mixture into one or other of the enantiomers.
- derailment — A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running.
- derivement — (obsolete) That which is derived; deduction; inference.
- dermatherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- dermatitis — Dermatitis is a medical condition which makes your skin red and painful.
- dermatogen — a meristem at the apex of stems and roots that gives rise to the epidermis
- dermatomal — Anatomy. an area of skin that is supplied with the nerve fibers of a single, posterior, spinal root.
- dermatomes — Plural form of dermatome.
- dermatoses — Plural form of dermatosis.
- dermatosis — any skin disease
- dermestids — Plural form of dermestid.
- dermopathy — Disease of the skin.
- dermotherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- descramble — to restore (a scrambled signal) to an intelligible form, esp automatically by the use of electronic devices
- desiderium — a powerful desire or yearning, especially for something once had
- desirement — (nonstandard) something that is desired, but not absolutely required.
- determents — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- determined — If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and will not let anything stop you.
- determiner — In grammar, a determiner is a word which is used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate, for example, which thing you are referring to or whether you are referring to one thing or several. Common English determiners are 'a', 'the', 'some', 'this', and 'each'.
- determines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of determine.
- detriments — Plural form of detriment.
- deus ramos — João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1830–96, Portuguese poet.
- devourment — the act of devouring
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- diagometer — an instrument invented by Rousseau, formerly used to measure the electrical conductivity of substances
- diagraming — Present participle of diagram.
- diagrammed — Simple past tense and past participle of diagram.
- diaphragms — Plural form of diaphragm.
- diathermal — of or relating to diathermy
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- diaz miron — Salvador [sahl-vah-th awr] /ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Mexican poet.
- dibromides — Plural form of dibromide.
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dichromism — the state of being dichromic
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- difformity — the quality of being different or irregular in form
- digitiform — like a finger.
- digitorium — a small portable keyboard for a pianist to play finger exercises on
- dime store — five-and-ten (def 1).
- dimetrodon — an extinct carnivorous mammallike reptile, of the genus Dimetrodon, dominant in North America during the Permian Period, up to 10 feet (3.1 meter) long and usually bearing spinal sails.
- dimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of two forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species. Compare sexual dimorphism.
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.