10-Letter Words with _,D,I,O,O,T,T

• a dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth

• a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

• Any of the segments of a tapeworm; they contain both male and female reproductive organs

• sail closer to the wind than

• score more points than one's opponents

• a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

• the act of detonating an explosive

• a change for the worse

• a shape resulting from distortion

• an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

• a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

• the act of indicating or pointing out by name

• the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to

• To break up and turn soil using a rototiller.

• To make extensive and pervasive changes to a piece of code without altering its functionality.