11-letter words containing s, d, e, a, t
- doc martens — a brand of lace-up boots with thick lightweight resistant soles
- doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
- dodecastyle — having 12 columns.
- dogcatchers — Plural form of dogcatcher.
- domesticate — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- dorset naga — a British-grown variety of the Naga Jolokia chilli pepper, noted for its extreme heat
- dot address — An Internet address in dot notation.
- dot leaders — (text) A row of full stops intended to guide the reader's eye across the page from a column of variable length items on the left to the corresponding items in a column on the right. Used, for example, in the contents page of a book to tie a heading on the left to its page number on the right.
- double salt — a salt that crystallizes as a single substance but ionizes as two distinct salts when dissolved, as carnallite, KMgCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O.
- double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
- down-easter — a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- draize test — a test assessing the potential of drugs, chemicals, cosmetics, and other commercial products to produce irritation, pain, or damage to the human eye by studying its effect on a rabbit's eye.
- dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
- draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- drillmaster — a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.
- drive shaft — a shaft for imparting torque from a power source or prime mover to machinery.
- drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)
- dry-roasted — roasted with no oil, or less oil than is usually used in roasting, so that the product is drier, crisper, and less caloric: dry-roasted peanuts.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- dust jacket — book jacket.
- duster coat — a woman's loose summer coat with wide sleeves and no buttons, popular in the mid-20th century
- dysesthesia — (medicine) A condition caused by lesions of the nervous system that causes abnormal sensations such as burning, wetness, or itching.
- dyspathetic — characterized by dyspathy
- dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
- dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
- east indian — Indonesian: of the East Indies
- east indies — Indonesia
- east london — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- east meadow — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- east riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in NE England, now part of Humberside.
- edgar guest — Edgar A(lbert) 1881–1959, U.S. journalist and writer of verse, born in England.
- edi analyst — (job) A person who introduces EDI standards and technology. An EDI analyst makes decisions for information construction and selects resources for EDI processing and application expansion. He coordinates processing and transmission schedules and mapping of standard data formats. He generally serves as a key contact for trading partners and value-added network consultants.
- egg custard — sweet custard made with milk and egg and baked
- eisenstaedt — Alfred. 1898–1995, US photographer, born in Germany; noted for his photograph of a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square, New York on V-J Day in 1945
- elasticated — (of a garment or material) made elastic by the insertion of rubber thread or tape.
- elasticised — Simple past tense and past participle of elasticise.
- elasticized — Simple past tense and past participle of elasticize.
- elucidators — Plural form of elucidator.
- emasculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emasculate.
- emendations — Plural form of emendation.
- endearments — Plural form of endearment.
- endorsation — approval or support
- endosteally — in the manner of the endosteum
- equidistant — At equal distances.
- established — (of a custom, belief, practice, or institution) Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
- estremadura — a region of W Spain: arid and sparsely populated except in the valleys of the Tagus and Guardiana rivers. Area: 41 593 sq km (16 059 sq miles)
- eudaemonist — A supporter of eudaemonism.
- eviscerated — Disembowel (a person or animal).