9-letter words containing a, d, m, o
- diabolism — activities designed to enlist the aid of devils, esp in witchcraft or sorcery
- diacodium — (in pre-modern medicine) a herbal remedy made chiefly from poppies, acting as an opiate and thus used to aid sleep
- dialogism — a deduction with one premise and a disjunctive conclusion
- diamonded — Simple past tense and past participle of diamond.
- diatomist — a person specializing in the study of diatoms
- diatomite — a soft very fine-grained whitish rock consisting of the siliceous remains of diatoms deposited in the ocean or in ponds or lakes. It is used as an absorbent, filtering medium, insulator, filler, etc
- diazonium — of, consisting of, or containing the group, Ar-N:N-, where Ar is an aryl group
- dichogamy — the maturation of male and female parts of a flower at different times, preventing automatic self-pollination
- dichromat — a person whose vision can only distinguish two colours
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- dinomania — a strong interest in or enthusiasm for dinosaurs
- diplomacy — the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.
- diplomaed — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
- diplomata — Plural form of diploma.
- diplomate — a person who has received a diploma, especially a doctor, engineer, etc., who has been certified as a specialist by a board within the appropriate profession.
- diplomats — Plural form of diplomat.
- disenamor — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- docudrama — a fictionalized drama based primarily on actual events.
- doggerman — a sailor on a dogger
- dogmatics — the study of the arrangement and statement of religious doctrines, especially of the doctrines received in and taught by the Christian church.
- dogmatise — to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
- dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
- dogmatist — a person who asserts his or her opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner; a dogmatic person.
- dogmatize — to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
- dogmatory — dogmatic
- domainist — (jargon) /doh-mayn'ist/ 1. Said of a domain address (as opposed to a bang path) because the part to the right of the "@" specifies a nested series of "domains"; for example, [email protected] specifies the machine called snark in the subdomain called thyrsus within the top-level domain called com. See also big-endian. 2. Said of a site, mailer or routing program which knows how to handle domainist addresses. 3. Said of a person (especially a site admin) who prefers domain addressing, supports a domainist mailer, or proselytises for domainist addressing and disdains bang paths. This term is now (1993) semi-obsolete, as most sites have converted.
- domically — in the manner or shape of a dome
- dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- dominancy — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- dominants — Plural form of dominant.
- dominated — to rule over; govern; control.
- dominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dominate.
- dominator — to rule over; govern; control.
- dominical — of or relating to Jesus Christ as Lord.
- dominican — of or relating to the Dominican Republic.
- domitable — Able to be tamed or bent to one's will; tamable, subduable.
- doom palm — an African fan palm, Hyphaene thebaica, bearing an edible, gingerbread-flavored fruit.
- doomsayer — a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.
- doomwatch — surveillance of the environment to warn of and prevent harm to it from human factors such as pollution or overpopulation
- doorframe — the frame of a doorway, including two jambs and a lintel, or head.
- doorjambs — Plural form of doorjamb.
- doorwoman — the female door attendant of an apartment house, nightclub, etc., who acts as doorkeeper and performs minor services for entering and departing residents or guests.
- doum palm — doom palm.
- dragomans — Plural form of dragoman.
- dragonism — a strict and domineering manner
- drama-doc — a film which combines fact and fiction
- draw-loom — an early handloom used for producing figured fabrics.
- dreamboat — a highly attractive or desirable person.
- dreamhole — a light-admitting hole in a tower
- dreamwork — the processes that cause the transformation of unconscious thoughts into the content of dreams, as displacement, distortion, condensation, and symbolism.