9-letter words containing d, a, n, i, s
- distraint — the act of distraining; a distress.
- dittanies — Plural form of dittany.
- dna virus — any virus containing DNA.
- 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.
- dominants — Plural form of dominant.
- dominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dominate.
- donations — Plural form of donation.
- donatives — Plural form of donative.
- doornails — Plural form of doornail.
- downstair — down the stairs.
- draglines — Plural form of dragline.
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- dragonism — a strict and domineering manner
- drainages — Plural form of drainage.
- drainless — inexhaustible.
- dulcianas — Plural form of dulciana.
- dunsinane — a hill NE of Perth, in central Scotland: a ruined fort on its summit is traditionally called Macbeth's Castle. 1012 feet (308 meters).
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- dynamites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dynamite.
- dynasties — Plural form of dynasty.
- dysgnosia — any intellectual impairment.
- dysmnesia — an impairment of memory.
- dysphonia — any disturbance of normal vocal function.
- dystopian — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- ensilaged — Simple past tense and past participle of ensilage.
- envisaged — Simple past tense and past participle of envisage.
- faddiness — the state or quality of being excessively fussy, esp with food
- fantasied — noting or relating to any of various games or leagues in which fans assemble players of a professional sport into imaginary teams, and points are scored based on the performance of these players in real games: fantasy football; fantasy sports.
- fashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of fashion.
- fieldsman — a fielder in cricket.
- finalised — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- firsthand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- friesland — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- fundraise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- ganderism — foolish behaviour
- gandhiism — the principles associated with Mohandas Gandhi, especially his principles of noncooperation and passive resistance in gaining political and social reforms.
- gardenias — Plural form of gardenia.
- garnished — Simple past tense and past participle of garnish.
- gaudiness — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
- gesneriad — any of various, chiefly tropical plants of the gesneria family.
- gippsland — a fertile region of SE Australia, in SE Victoria, extending east along the coast from Melbourne to the New South Wales border. Area: 35 200 sq km (13 600 sq miles)
- glissandi — Plural form of glissando.
- glissando — performed with a gliding effect by sliding one or more fingers rapidly over the keys of a piano or strings of a harp.
- gradients — Plural form of gradient.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandioso — grand and imposing.
- grandkids — grandchild.
- grandsire — a grandfather.
- guardians — Plural form of guardian.
- guidances — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.