10-letter words containing od
- death code — A routine whose job is to set everything in the computer - registers, memory, flags - to zero, including that portion of memory where it is running; its last act is to stomp on its own "store zero" instruction. Death code isn't very useful, but writing it is an interesting hacking challenge on architectures where the instruction set makes it possible, such as the PDP-8 or the Data General Nova. Perhaps the ultimate death code is on the TI 990 series, where all registers are actually in RAM, and the instruction "store immediate 0" has the opcode 0. The program counter will immediately wrap around core as many times as it can until a user hits HALT. Any empty memory location is death code. Worse, the manufacturer recommended use of this instruction in startup code (which would be in ROM and therefore survive).
- decapodous — Decapodal; ten-footed.
- demodulate — to carry out demodulation on (a wave or signal)
- deodorants — Plural form of deodorant.
- deodoriser — A device for removing or covering obnoxious odors; a device to dispense deodorant.
- deodorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deodorize.
- deodorizer — any substance or device used in deodorizing something; esp., a spray or the like used to mask odors, as in a room
- deodourant — Rare spelling of deodorant.
- devilwoods — Plural form of devilwood.
- dicynodont — any of various extinct Triassic mammal-like reptiles having a single pair of tusklike teeth
- dimetrodon — an extinct carnivorous mammallike reptile, of the genus Dimetrodon, dominant in North America during the Permian Period, up to 10 feet (3.1 meter) long and usually bearing spinal sails.
- diphyodont — having two successive sets of teeth, as most mammals.
- diplodocus — a huge herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Diplodocus, from the Late Jurassic Epoch of western North America, growing to a length of about 87 feet (26.5 meters).
- diprotodon — Any individual of the extinct marsupial genus Diprotodon, similar to a wombat in appearance but the size of a small elephant.
- discommode — to cause inconvenience to; disturb, trouble, or bother.
- dislodging — Present participle of dislodge.
- do sb good — If you say that something will do someone good, you mean that it will benefit them or improve them.
- do-goodism — the actions or principles of a do-gooder.
- dodecanese — a group of 12 Greek islands in the Aegean, off the SW coast of Turkey: belonged to Italy 1911–45. 1035 sq. mi. (2680 sq. km).
- dodecanoic — Of or pertaining to dodecanoic acid or its derivatives.
- dodge ball — a circle game in which players throw an inflated ball at opponents within the circle who try to avoid being hit, and therefore eliminated, the winner being the one who remains unhit.
- dodge city — a city in SW Kansas, on the Arkansas River: important frontier town and railhead on the old Santa Fe route.
- dodo split — a split in which the head pin and the seven or ten pin remain standing.
- dogfooding — eating one's own dogfood
- dogsbodies — Plural form of dogsbody.
- doodle-bug — any of various small, squat vehicles.
- doodlebugs — Plural form of doodlebug.
- doodlesack — bagpipe (def 1).
- drearihood — (obsolete) affliction; dreariness.
- dress code — a set of rules specifying the garb or type of clothing to be worn by a group or by people under specific circumstances: a military dress code; The restaurant's dress code requires men to wear jackets and ties at dinner.
- duodecagon — dodecagon.
- duodecimal — pertaining to twelfths or to the number 12.
- duodecimos — Plural form of duodecimo.
- duodenitis — inflammation of the duodenum.
- dysprosody — A disorder in which one or more of the prosodic functions of speech are compromised or eliminated completely.
- e. f. codd — (person) The inventor of the relational data model of databases.
- early wood — springwood.
- echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
- ectodermal — Of or pertaining to the ectoderm.
- edo period — the period of Japanese history from 1603 to 1867, when Japan was ruled by the Tokugawa shoguns
- eisteddfod — A competitive festival of music and poetry in Wales, in particular the annual National Eisteddfod.
- electrodes — Plural form of electrode.
- embodiment — A tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling.
- endodermal — Of or pertaining to the endoderm.
- endodermis — the specialized innermost layer of cortex in roots and some stems, which controls the passage of water and dissolved substances between the cortex and stele
- endodontic — Referring to, or associated with endodontics.
- endproduct — Alternative spelling of end product.
- engine pod — an aircraft turbojet unit comprising the engine and its cowling suspended by a pylon, often below the wing
- ergodicity — (uncountable) The condition of being ergodic.
- eurodollar — US dollar deposited in non-US bank