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14-letter words containing ro

  • deparochialize — to make parochial.
  • desynchronized — Simple past tense and past participle of desynchronize.
  • deuteromycetes — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
  • device control — (character)   One of the four ASCII characters, DC1, DC2, DC3, and DC4, once used to remotely control equipment (e.g. a paper tape reader) via electromagnetic switches. The characters were usually paired, DC1/DC3 turning one device on/off, and DC2/DC4 another.
  • dextrorotation — a rotation to the right; clockwise rotation, esp of the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light passing through a crystal, liquid, or solution, as seen by an observer facing the oncoming light
  • dextrorotatory — turning or circling to the right, in a clockwise direction
  • diachronically — in a diachronic fashion
  • diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
  • diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
  • diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
  • diaz rodriguez — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1927, Venezuelan author.
  • dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
  • dichromic acid — an unstable dibasic oxidizing acid known only in solution and in the form of dichromate salts. Formula: H2Cr2O7
  • diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
  • diffuse-porous — having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
  • dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
  • dihydrocodeine — a synthetic drug similar to codeine, used as an analgesic, an antidiarrhoeal, and to relieve coughing, or used recreationally
  • dinitrobenzene — any of three isomeric benzene derivatives having the formula C 6 H 4 NO 2 , made by nitration of benzene or nitrobenzene, the most important of which is the meta form: used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
  • dinner trolley — a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
  • dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
  • direct product — a group, or other such system, every element of which can be written uniquely as the product of elements of disjoint groups, with each group contributing one element to the product.
  • disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
  • disapprobation — disapproval; condemnation.
  • disapprobatory — Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
  • disappropriate — To remove something that has been allocated to someone; often to reassign it elsewhere.
  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
  • disk mirroring — (hardware, storage)   Use of one or more mirrors of a hard disk.
  • disproportions — Plural form of disproportion.
  • disprovability — The ability to be disproven; refutability.
  • dnepropetrovsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
  • double bedroom — a large bedroom
  • double-crosser — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
  • dramatic irony — irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
  • driving mirror — (in a vehicle) the rear-view mirror
  • droit de suite — a right recognized by the legislation of several member countries of the European Union whereby an artist, or his or her heirs, is entitled to a share of the price of a work of art if it is resold during the artist's lifetime or for 70 years after his or her death
  • droit des gens — law of nations; international law.
  • drone aircraft — a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft used for reconnaissance or bombing
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • drop an f-bomb — to use the word fuck in a situation where it will cause great offence
  • drop-dead date — an absolute deadline that cannot be missed
  • drop-down list — pull-down list
  • drop-down menu — pull-down menu
  • drop-in centre — (in Britain) a daycentre run by the social services or a charity that clients may attend on an informal basis
  • drophead coupé — two-door car with a folding roof and sloping back
  • dropper bottle — A dropper bottle is a container from which medicine is administered using a device that lets the medicine out in drops.
  • drowned valley — a valley that, having been flooded by the sea, now exists as a bay or estuary.
  • dry rot fungus — a fungus, Merulius lacrymans, that causes a common type of dry rot.
  • duck on a rock — a children's game in which one player stands guard over a stone on a rock while the other players attempt to knock it off by throwing another stone in turn: if the thrower is tagged by the guard while trying to recover the stone, the two players then change positions.
  • dumping ground — dump (def 17).
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