9-letter words containing c, n, d
- denounced — Simple past tense and past participle of denounce.
- denouncer — One who, or that which, denounces.
- denounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denounce.
- dent corn — a strain of Indian corn (Zea mays var. indentata) in which the mature kernel develops a slight depression at the tip
- denticles — Plural form of denticle.
- depascent — Consuming.
- depicting — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depiction — A depiction of something is a picture or a written description of it.
- descaling — Present participle of descale.
- descanted — Simple past tense and past participle of descant.
- descended — A person who is descended from someone who lived a long time ago is directly related to them.
- descender — a person or thing that descends
- descrying — Present participle of descry.
- desiccant — desiccating or drying
- desinence — an ending or termination, esp an inflectional ending of a word
- detaching — Present participle of detach.
- detecting — Present participle of detect.
- detection — Detection is the act of noticing or sensing something.
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- deviances — deviant quality or state.
- devoicing — the process by which a consonant that is usually voiced becomes devoiced
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- diachylon — a type of adhesive plaster, formerly made of various plant juices, but later containing lead oxide and glycerin
- diaconate — the office, sacramental status, or period of office of a deacon
- diactinic — able to transmit photochemically active radiation
- dianetics — A discipline devised by w L. Ron Hubbard designed to heal psychosomatic illnesses by cleansing the mind of engrams.
- dianoetic — of or relating to thought, esp to discursive reasoning rather than intuition
- diaphonic — Of or pertaining to diaphony.
- dibucaine — a compound, C 20 H 29 N 3 O 2 , used as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dicentric — an abnormal chromosome with two centromeres
- dichondra — any of a genus of creeping perennial herbs of the Convolvulaceae family, with white, pale yellow, or green flowers
- dickering — Present participle of dicker.
- dickerson — Eric Demetric [dih-me-trik] /dɪˈmɛ trɪk/ (Show IPA), born 1960, U.S. football player.
- dickinson — Emily. 1830–86, US poet, noted for her short, mostly unrhymed, mystical lyrics
- diclinous — (of flowering plants) bearing unisexual flowers
- dictamnus — (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
- dictating — to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record: to dictate some letters to a secretary.
- dictation — Dictation is the speaking or reading aloud of words for someone else to write down.
- dictional — of or relating to diction
- dictyogen — a monocotyledon with reticulated leaves
- dietician — a person who is an expert in nutrition or dietetics.
- difluence — diffluence.
- digenetic — alternation of generations.
- dilatancy — dilating; expanding.
- diligence — constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; persistent exertion of body or mind.
- diligency — (obsolete) diligence; care.
- dionysiac — of or relating to the Dionysia or to Dionysus; Bacchic.
- diplontic — (of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form, except for the gametes, is diploid.
- directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.