11-letter words containing t, a, d, m
- diplomatist — British Older Use. a Foreign Office employee officially engaged as a diplomat.
- diplomatize — to use diplomacy or tact.
- direct mail — mail, usually consisting of advertising matter, appeals for donations, or the like, sent simultaneously to large numbers of possible individual customers or contributors. Abbreviation: DM.
- dirt farmer — a farmer who works on the soil, distinguished from one who operates a farm with hired hands or tenants.
- disablement — to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb. He was disabled by the accident.
- disaccustom — to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
- disarmament — the act or an instance of disarming.
- disbandment — to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
- discardment — the act or process of discarding
- dismantling — Present participle of dismantle.
- dismutation — (biochemistry) A disproportionation reaction, especially in a biological context, in which oxidized and reduced forms of a chemical species are produced simultaneously.
- disseminate — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- dissimilate — to modify by dissimilation.
- dissimulate — to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.
- dithyrambic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a dithyramb, or an impassioned oration.
- doc martens — a brand of lace-up boots with thick lightweight resistant soles
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dogmatizing — Present participle of dogmatize.
- dogmatology — the study and science of religious dogma
- domesticate — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domiciliate — to domicile.
- dominations — an act or instance of dominating.
- double-team — to defend against or block (an opposing player) by using two players, as in football or basketball: By double-teaming the end the safety men left the other receiver in the open.
- down-market — appealing or catering to lower-income consumers; widely affordable or accessible.
- downpayment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- draftsmanly — Befitting a draftsman; geometrically artistic.
- draftswoman — a woman employed in making mechanical drawings.
- draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
- dramaticism — a dramatic character or way of behaving
- dramatising — Present participle of dramatise.
- dramatizing — Present participle of dramatize.
- dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
- dramaturgic — Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage.
- draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
- draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
- drillmaster — a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.
- drum-beater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
- drumbeating — That to beat on drums.
- dry martini — cocktail
- dumb barter — a form of barter practiced among some peoples, in which the goods for exchange are left at and taken from a preselected spot without the exchanging parties ever coming face-to-face.
- dumb waiter — A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- durum wheat — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.
- dustbin man — (in British English) a man that is employed to collect domestic refuse
- dutch metal — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
- dynamometer — An instrument that measures the power output of an engine.
- dynamometry — The measurement of forces doing work.
- dynasticism — a system of government in which the rulers are all drawn from the same family