11-letter words containing t, u, m, e
- demetrius i — (Poliorcetes) 337?–283 b.c, king of Macedonia 294–286 (son of Antigonus I).
- demi-hunter — a watch having a hinged case with a hole in the lid permitting the time to be seen even when the lid is closed.
- demodulated — Simple past tense and past participle of demodulate.
- demodulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demodulate.
- demodulator — a device used in demodulation
- demountable — to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
- demultiplex — (electronics) To separate signals that were previously multiplexed (combined using a multiplexer).
- demutualise — If a building society or insurance company demutualises, it abandons its mutual status and becomes a limited company.
- demutualize — If a savings and loan association or an insurance company demutualizes, it abandons its mutual status and becomes a different kind of company.
- demy quarto — a book size, 113⁄4 by 85⁄8 inches
- denouements — Plural form of denouement.
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.
- desideratum — something lacked and wanted
- desquamated — Simple past tense and past participle of desquamate.
- desublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- detumescent — characterized by detumescence
- deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
- deuteronomy — the fifth book of the Old Testament, containing a second statement of the Mosaic Law
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- diminuitive — Misspelling of diminutive.
- diminutives — Plural form of diminutive.
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- dissimulate — to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one's true feelings about a rival.
- diytterbium — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two ytterbium atoms in a molecule.
- 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.
- documenters — Plural form of documenter.
- documenting — Present participle of document.
- double time — a doubled wage rate, paid for working on public holidays, etc
- 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.
- double-time — to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
- dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- 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.
- drunkometer — a device for measuring the amount of alcohol in a person's breath to determine the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream.
- duces tecum — subpoena duces tecum.
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- 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.
- dutch metal — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
- ear trumpet — a trumpet-shaped device held to the ear for collecting and intensifying sounds and once commonly used as an aid to hearing.
- eco-tourism — Eco-tourism is the business of providing holidays and related services which are not harmful to the environment of the area.
- ecumenicist — a person who advocates Christian ecumenicity.
- ecumenicity — (in the Christian church) the state of being ecumenically united, especially in furthering the aims of the ecumenical movement.
- edutainment — television programs, movies, books, etc., that are both educational and entertaining, especially those intended primarily for children in the elementary grades.
- einsteinium — The chemical element of atomic number 99, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Einsteinium does not occur naturally and was discovered in 1953 in debris from the first hydrogen bomb explosion.
- emasculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emasculate.
- emasculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emasculate.