11-letter words containing r, o, d
- derecognise — Alternative spelling of derecognize.
- derecognize — to cease to recognize (a trade union) as having special negotiating rights within a company or industry
- dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
- derivations — Plural form of derivation.
- dermatology — the branch of medicine concerned with the skin and its diseases
- dermatozoon — any microscopic animal or protozoan living as a parasite on or in the skin of the host.
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermography — a type of marking on the skin, whether in the form of writing or pictures, supposedly of psychic origin, similar to stigmata except for being more short-lived
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- dermopteran — flying lemur
- dermotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- derogations — Plural form of derogation.
- desalinator — an apparatus used in the process of desalination
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- descriptors — Plural form of descriptor.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- desert rock — a type of heavy-metal music that has strong country-rock and folk influences
- 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 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
- desk jobber — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- 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
- desperadoes — Plural form of desperado.
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- destroyable — Able to be destroyed.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- destructors — Plural form of destructor.
- 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
- deuce court — the receiver's right-hand service court, into which the ball is served when the score is deuce.
- deuteranope — a person suffering from deuteranopia
- deuteration — the process of introducing deuterium into a molecule or chemical compound
- deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
- deuteronomy — the fifth book of the Old Testament, containing a second statement of the Mosaic Law
- deuterotoky — parthenogenesis in which both males and females are produced
- devastators — Plural form of devastator.
- devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- dexiocardia — dextrocardia.
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right
- dexterously — skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement