11-letter words containing l, d, o, p
- cyclopaedia — (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
- dalton plan — a system devised to encourage pupils to learn and develop at their own speed, using libraries and other sources to complete long assignments
- dawn patrol — a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions.
- decompilers — Plural form of decompiler.
- delors plan — a plan for closer European union, originated by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission (1985–94)
- dendroglyph — the art of carving in the bark of a living tree, esp as practised by the aboriginal peoples of New Zealand
- dendrophile — One who loves trees.
- deploration — the act of deploring
- deploringly — In a deploring manner.
- deployments — Plural form of deployment.
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.
- depolarized — Simple past tense and past participle of depolarize.
- depolarizer — a substance added to the electrolyte of an electric cell or battery to remove gas collected at the electrodes.
- depollution — to eliminate, clean up, or decrease pollution in (an area).
- depopulated — (of a place) reduced in population
- depopulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depopulate.
- depopulator — a thing that causes a decrease in population
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- despoilment — The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
- developable — Able to be developed, in particular.
- development — Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- diaphonical — Diacoustic; diaphonic.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- diisopropyl — Having two isopropyl groups.
- dilapidator — One who dilapidates, a person committing dilapidation.
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- diphthongal — Pertaining to a diphthong.
- diplococcus — any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae.
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- diplomatese — the type of language or jargon used by diplomats, thought to be excessively complicated, cautious, or vague
- diplomatics — the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like.
- diplomatist — British Older Use. a Foreign Office employee officially engaged as a diplomat.
- diplomatize — to use diplomacy or tact.
- diplophonia — a condition in which the voice simultaneously produces two sounds of different pitch.
- diplophonic — a condition in which the voice simultaneously produces two sounds of different pitch.
- dirlotapide — A drug used to treat obesity in dogs.
- disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- disemployed — Simple past tense and past participle of disemploy.
- dispeopling — Present participle of dispeople.
- disposables — Plural form of disposable.
- disposingly — in a way that disposes
- disprovable — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- divinopolis — a city in Minas Gerais state, SE Brazil.
- doll's pram — toy: miniature baby carriage
- dolphinfish — dolphin (def 2).
- dorsispinal — of or relating to the back and the spine.
- double jump — Chess. the advance of a pawn, in its original move only, from its initial position on the second rank to the fourth without stopping at the intervening square.
- double play — a play in which two putouts are made.