7-letter words containing d, a, n, i
- diamond — A diamond is a hard, bright, precious stone which is clear and colourless. Diamonds are used in jewellery and for cutting very hard substances.
- diandry — the phenomenon in which an egg is fertilized either by two sperm or by a diploid sperm, thus making the fertilized egg triploid, resulting in early miscarriage
- dianoia — perception and experience regarded as lower modes of knowledge
- diatron — an electrical circuit that uses diodes
- diazene — (inorganic compound) The compound HN=NH.
- diazine — any organic compound whose molecules contain a hexagonal ring of four carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms, esp any of three isomers with the formula C4N2H4
- diconal — a brand of dipanone, an opiate drug with potent analgesic properties: used to relieve severe pain
- digonal — of or relating to a symmetry operation in which the original figure is reconstructed after a 180° turn about an axis
- dilemna — Misspelling of dilemma.
- dinaric — of or relating to the Alpine region of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia to N Albania and extending across W Coatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovna, and Montenegro.
- dingaan — died 1840, Zulu chief (1828–40), who fought the Boer colonists in Natal
- dingbat — Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
- dingwad — (informal) A stupid person.
- dionaea — the Venus's-flytrap.
- dioxane — a colorless, flammable, liquid cyclic ether, C 4 H 8 O 2 , having a faint, pleasant odor: used chiefly in the varnish and silk industries and as a dehydrator in histology.
- dipnoan — belonging or pertaining to the order Dipnoi, comprising the lungfishes.
- disband — to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
- discant — Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- discman — a small portable CD player with light headphones
- disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
- dishpan — a large pan in which dishes, pots, etc., are washed.
- dislang — (language)
- dispand — (obsolete) To spread out; to expand.
- disrank — to deprive (oneself or another) of rank, to demote
- distain — to discolor; stain; sully.
- distant — far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
- diswarn — (obsolete) To dissuade from by previous warning.
- dittany — a Cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus, of the mint family, having spikes of purple flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal qualities.
- diurnal — of or relating to a day or each day; daily.
- doating — dote.
- domaine — a French estate on which wine is made
- domains — Plural form of domain.
- drag in — cat: bring indoors
- drained — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- drainer — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- draping — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- draw in — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- drawing — an act of drawing.
- draying — a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- dulcian — an organ-stop consisting of pipes made of reeds
- dunciad — a poem (1728–42) by Pope, satirizing various contemporary writers.
- durians — Plural form of durian.
- dynamic — (of a process or system) Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress.
- dysania — (very, rare) A state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
- eadwine — Edwin (def 1).
- echidna — Also called spiny anteater. any of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera Tachyglossus, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and Zaglossus, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse hair and long spines.
- evading — Present participle of evade.
- faciend — the multiplicand in an equation (also referred to as the facient)
- fade-in — an act or instance of fading.
- fainted — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.