11-letter words containing t, i, e, r, d
- 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
- determinacy — the quality of being defined or fixed
- determinant — A determinant of something causes it to be of a particular kind or to happen in a particular way.
- determinate — Determinate means fixed and definite.
- determiners — Plural form of determiner.
- determining — having the quality of deciding
- determinism — Determinism is the belief that all actions and events result from other actions, events, or situations, so people cannot in fact choose what to do.
- determinist — A determinist is someone who believes in determinism.
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- detrainment — The act of detraining.
- detribalise — Alt form detribalize.
- detribalize — to cause (members of a tribe) to lose their characteristic customs or social, religious, or other organizational features
- detrimental — Something that is detrimental to something else has a harmful or damaging effect on it.
- detritivore — an organism that uses organic waste as a food source, as certain insects.
- detritovore — any organism that feeds on detritus
- deuteration — the process of introducing deuterium into a molecule or chemical compound
- deverbative — a word formed or derived from a verb
- devitrified — Simple past tense and past participle of devitrify.
- devitrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitrify.
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right
- dexterities — Plural form of dexterity.
- diametrical — of or along a diameter
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diarrhoetic — Alternative form of diarrhetic.
- diarthroses — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
- diatessaron — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fourth
- dicasteries — Plural form of dicastery.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
- differentia — the character or attribute by which one species is distinguished from all others of the same genus.
- differently — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- diffractive — causing or pertaining to diffraction.
- digitigrade — walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals.
- dignitaries — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- dilacerated — Simple past tense and past participle of dilacerate.
- dilatometer — a device for measuring expansion caused by changes in temperature in substances.
- dinner suit — a dinner jacket and trousers, often worn with a bow tie at formal events
- dinnerplate — A plate on which dinner can be served.
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- diopsimeter — an instrument for measuring the field of vision.
- dioptometer — an instrument for measuring the refraction of the eye.
- diphtheroid — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
- direct cost — a cost that can be related directly to the production of a product or to a particular function or service.
- 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.
- direct rule — Direct rule is a system in which a central government rules an area which has had its own parliament or law-making organization in the past.
- direct-dial — being a telephone or telephone system enabling long-distance calls to be direct-dialed.