11-letter words containing u, d, o
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- destructors — Plural form of destructor.
- desultorily — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- deuce court — the receiver's right-hand service court, into which the ball is served when the score is deuce.
- deuteranope — a person suffering from deuteranopia
- deuteration — the process of introducing deuterium into a molecule or chemical compound
- 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
- deuterotoky — parthenogenesis in which both males and females are produced
- devaluation — a decrease in the exchange value of a currency against gold or other currencies, brought about by a government
- deviousness — The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.
- devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- dexterously — skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- diacoustics — the branch of physics that deals with refracted sound
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- diazo group — the bivalent group –N=N– united with one hydrocarbon group and another atom or group, as in benzenediazo hydroxide, C 6 H 5 N=NOH, or the bivalent group =N=N united with one hydrocarbon group, as in diazomethane, CH 2 =N=N.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- diffusional — Of or pertaining to diffusion.
- dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks
- diminuendos — Plural form of diminuendo.
- diminutions — Plural form of diminution.
- dinner hour — lunch hour
- dinosaurian — pertaining to or of the nature of a dinosaur.
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- dio cassius — ?155–?230 ad, Roman historian. His History of Rome covers the period of Rome's transition from Republic to Empire
- diplococcus — any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae.
- disaccustom — to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
- disasterous — Misspelling of disastrous.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- disclosures — Plural form of disclosure.
- disco music — 70s dance music
- discolorous — (botany, of leaves) Having upper and lower surfaces of different colours.
- discoloured — (British) alternative spelling of discolored.
- discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- discotheque — a nightclub for dancing to live or recorded music and often featuring sophisticated sound systems, elaborate lighting, and other effects.
- discounters — Plural form of discounter.
- discounting — Present participle of discount.
- discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discourager — One who discourages.
- discourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discourage.
- discoursing — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discourtesy — lack or breach of courtesy; incivility; rudeness.
- discussions — Plural form of discussion.
- disenshroud — to free from a shroud
- disfavoured — Simple past tense and past participle of disfavour.