11-letter words containing s, i, r
- districting — Present participle of district.
- distriction — (obsolete) Sudden display; flash; glitter.
- distrustful — unable or unwilling to trust; doubtful; suspicious: An alert scientist is distrustful of coincidences.
- distrusting — Present participle of distrust.
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- disulphuric — pyrosulphuric
- dittersdorf — Karl Ditters von [kahrl dit-uh rs fuh n] /kɑrl ˈdɪt ərs fən/ (Show IPA), 1739–99, Austrian violinist and composer.
- divergences — Plural form of divergence.
- diverseness — of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions.
- diversified — distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects: diversified activity.
- diversifier — One who or that which diversifies.
- diversifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diversify.
- diversiform — differing in form; of various forms.
- diversional — offering diversion or recreation; diverting.
- diversities — the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness: diversity of opinion.
- divestiture — the act of divesting.
- divisionary — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- do a perish — to die or come near to dying of thirst or starvation
- dock strike — an industrial dispute involving dock workers
- dollar sign — the symbol $ before a number indicating that the number represents dollars.
- dormitories — Plural form of dormitory.
- dorsetshire — a county in S England. 1024 sq. mi. (2650 sq. km).
- dorsiferous — borne on the back, as the sori on most ferns.
- dorsiflexor — a muscle causing dorsiflexion.
- dorsispinal — of or relating to the back and the spine.
- douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
- downriggers — Plural form of downrigger.
- dowsing rod — Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
- dowsing-rod — Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
- drag artist — an entertainer who wears drag
- dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
- drainboards — Plural form of drainboard.
- 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.
- dramaticism — a dramatic character or way of behaving
- dramatising — Present participle of dramatise.
- drastically — acting with force or violence; violent.
- draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
- drawbridges — Plural form of drawbridge.
- drawstrings — Plural form of drawstring.
- dress shirt — a man's shirt worn for formal or semiformal evening dress, usually having French cuffs and a stiff or pleated front to be fastened with studs.
- dressing-up — When children play at dressing-up, they put on special or different clothes and pretend to be different people.
- dressmaking — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- drill corps — drill team.
- drill press — a drilling machine having a single vertical spindle.
- drillmaster — a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.
- drillstocks — Plural form of drillstock.
- drive screw — a fastener with a helical thread of coarse pitch that can be driven into wood with a hammer and removed with a screwdriver.
- drive shaft — a shaft for imparting torque from a power source or prime mover to machinery.
- driver's ed — the preparation of students for driving tests, whether at school, in a car or through online courses
- dromedaries — Plural form of dromedary.