10-letter words containing s, o, r, i
- distrainor — (legal) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
- distrouble — to trouble; to interrupt
- disworship — to refuse to revere or worship
- diversions — Plural form of diversion.
- divisorial — Lb maths Related to a divisor.
- doctorfish — a surgeonfish, especially Acanthurus chirurgus, of the West Indies, having a bluish body and black tail.
- doctorship — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dog-sitter — a person who looks after a dog while its owner is away
- dogberries — Plural form of dogberry.
- dolichurus — a dactylic hexameter characterized by a redundant syllable at the end
- dollarfish — butterfish.
- dollarship — the fact of being denominated in dollars
- dollarwise — as expressed in dollars; in dollars and cents: How much does a million francs amount to, dollarwise?
- dominators — Plural form of dominator.
- dorsal fin — the fin or finlike integumentary expansion generally developed on the back of aquatic vertebrates.
- dorsal lip — the dorsal marginal region of the blastopore, which acts as a center of differentiation: as cells move through this region to the interior of the embryo during gastrulation, they acquire the ability to induce the overlying ectoderm to develop into a variety of tissues.
- dorsifixed — (botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament somewhere along their back.
- dorsigrade — (of animals such as certain armadillos) walking on the backs of the toes
- dory skiff — an open boat similar to but smaller than a dory.
- dosimeters — Plural form of dosimeter.
- dosimetric — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- dove prism — a prism that inverts a beam of light, often used in a telescope to produce an erect image.
- downstairs — down the stairs.
- draconites — a type of precious stone thought to be found in a dragon's head
- dragonfish — any marine fish of the family Bathydraconidae, of Antarctic seas, having an elongated body and flattened head and being biochemically adapted to extremely low temperatures.
- dragonskin — The skin of a dragon, or leather made from it.
- drainspout — downspout.
- drearisome — Very dreary.
- drillstock — a device for holding a drill.
- dripstones — Plural form of dripstone.
- drolleries — Plural form of drollery.
- droopiness — The characteristic of being droopy.
- drosophila — a fly of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used in laboratory studies of genetics and development.
- drowsihead — drowsiness.
- drowsiness — half-asleep; sleepy.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dysmorphia — Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body.
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- dystrophia — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- dystrophin — a protein, the absence of which is believed to cause muscular dystrophy
- east timor — a small country in SE Asia, comprising part of the island of Timor: colonized by Portugal in the 19th century; declared independence in 1975 but immediately invaded by Indonesia; under UN administration from 1999 and an independent state from 2002. It is mountainous with a monsoon climate; subsistence agriculture is the main occupation. Languages: Portuguese, Tetun (a lingua franca), and Bahasa Indonesia. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: Dili. Pop: 1 172 390 (2013 est). Area: 14 874 sq km (5743 sq miles)
- economiser — Alternative form of economizer.
- ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
- ecotourist — A participant in ecotourism.
- editorials — Plural form of editorial.
- editorship — the office or function of an editor.
- egosurfing — (Internet) The act of using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the Internet.
- eiderdowns — Plural form of eiderdown.