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11-letter words containing a, d, i, s

  • detractions — Plural form of detraction.
  • detribalise — Alt form detribalize.
  • devastating — If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging.
  • devastation — Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.
  • devitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitalize.
  • devotionals — Plural form of devotional.
  • diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
  • diacoustics — the branch of physics that deals with refracted sound
  • diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
  • diagnosable — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
  • diagnosis's — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
  • diagnostics — the art or practice of diagnosis, esp of diseases
  • diagonalise — Alternative spelling of diagonalize.
  • dialogistic — a speaker in a dialogue.
  • dian fossey — Dian [dahy-an] /daɪˈæn/ (Show IPA), 1932–85, U.S. zoologist: expert on great apes.
  • diaper rash — (in babies) any irritation to the skin around the genitals, anus, or buttocks, usually caused by contact with urine or excrement
  • diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
  • diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
  • diapophyses — Plural form of diapophysis.
  • diapophysis — the upper or articular surface of a transverse vertebral process
  • diapositive — a positive transparency; slide
  • diarthroses — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
  • diarthrosis — any freely movable joint, such as the shoulder and hip joints
  • diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
  • diastematic — characterized by diastema
  • diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
  • diatessaron — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fourth
  • diatonicism — the use of diatonic harmony; composition in a diatonic idiom.
  • dicasteries — Plural form of dicastery.
  • dicephalous — having two heads
  • dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
  • dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
  • didacticism — intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
  • die casting — the process of making a casting by forcing molten metal into a metallic mold, or die, under great pressure
  • diffusional — Of or pertaining to diffusion.
  • digestional — the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.
  • digger wasp — any of numerous solitary wasps of the family Sphecidae, which excavate nests in soil, wood, etc., and provision them with prey paralyzed by stinging.
  • digitalised — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
  • digitalises — any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
  • dignitaries — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
  • dilatations — Plural form of dilatation.
  • dilettantes — Plural form of dilettante.
  • diluvialism — the theory, generally abandoned in the mid-19th century, that the earth's surface was shaped by the biblical flood
  • diluvialist — a person who believes in the theory of diluvialism
  • dimensional — Of or pertaining to dimensions.
  • dinnerwares — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
  • dinosaurian — pertaining to or of the nature of a dinosaur.
  • dio cassius — ?155–?230 ad, Roman historian. His History of Rome covers the period of Rome's transition from Republic to Empire
  • diode laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
  • dioxygenase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze reactions involving molecular oxygen.
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