10-letter words containing r, a, d, i, o
- decoration — The decoration of a room is its furniture, wallpaper, and ornaments.
- decorative — Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
- decreation — Destruction.
- dedicatory — of or as a dedication
- defoliator — An adult or larval insect that strips all the leaves from a tree or shrub.
- deforciant — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- delineator — a tailor's pattern, adjustable for different sizes
- deliration — delirium; madness
- delta iron — an allotrope of iron that exists between 1400°C and the melting point of iron and has the same structure as alpha iron
- democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
- demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- dendroidal — Dendroid; resembling a shrub or tree.
- denigrator — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- depolarize — to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization
- depositary — a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
- dermatosis — any skin disease
- derogating — Present participle of derogate.
- derogation — a lessening or weakening (of power, authority, position, etc.)
- derogative — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- designator — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- devalorize — Devalue.
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- diagometer — an instrument invented by Rousseau, formerly used to measure the electrical conductivity of substances
- diaphorase — a flavoprotein enzyme operating in mitochondria, acting as a catalyst in the process of dye reduction or oxidation
- diarrhoeal — Standard spelling of diarrheal.
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- diaz miron — Salvador [sahl-vah-th awr] /ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Mexican poet.
- diaz ordaz — Gustavo [goos-tah-vaw] /gusˈtɑ vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–79, Mexican teacher, jurist, and public official: president 1964–70.
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- dilatorily — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- disaccords — Plural form of disaccord.
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- disastrous — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- discordant — being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.