9-letter words containing d, c, i, s
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dichasium — a cymose inflorescence in which each branch bearing a flower gives rise to two other flowering branches, as in the stitchwort
- dichroism — a property of a uniaxial crystal, such as tourmaline, of showing a perceptible difference in colour when viewed along two different axes in transmitted white light
- dick test — a skin test for determining whether a person is immune or susceptible to scarlet fever
- 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
- dicrotism — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- dictamnus — (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
- dictators — Plural form of dictator.
- didactics — the art or science of teaching
- diestocks — Plural form of diestock.
- dietetics — pertaining to diet or to regulation of the use of food.
- digastric — (of a muscle) having two bellies with an intermediate tendon.
- diglossic — the widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in different social contexts or for performing different functions, as the existence of Katharevusa and Demotic in modern Greece.
- dioecious — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- dionysiac — of or relating to the Dionysia or to Dionysus; Bacchic.
- diopsidic — of, relating to, or belonging to diopside
- dioptrics — the branch of geometrical optics dealing with the formation of images by lenses.
- dioristic — defining
- dipsticks — Plural form of dipstick.
- dipswitch — (electronics, computing) A miniature switch designed to be attached to a circuit board to customize the behavior of the circuit.
- directest — Superlative form of direct.
- directors — Plural form of director.
- disaccord — to be out of accord; disagree.
- disaffect — to alienate the affection, sympathy, or support of; make discontented or disloyal: The dictator's policies had soon disaffected the people.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- disc film — film used in a disc camera.
- discalced — (chiefly of members of certain religious orders) without shoes; unshod; barefoot.
- discarded — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discarder — One who, or that which, discards.
- discerned — Simple past tense and past participle of discern.
- discerner — to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
- discerped — Simple past tense and past participle of discerp.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dischurch — to cause (a church) to no longer be a church
- disciform — resembling the shape of a disc
- discipled — Religion. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1. any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.
- disciples — Religion. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1. any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.
- disciplic — Of or pertaining to disciples or discipleship.
- disclaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disclaim.
- disclimax — a stable community that has replaced the normal climax in a given area, owing to disturbance by humans or domestic animals.
- disclosed — Simple past tense and past participle of disclose.
- discloser — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- discloses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disclose.
- discluded — Simple past tense and past participle of disclude.
- discoboli — Plural form of discobolus.
- discoidal — Having the flat, circular shape of a disc or a quoit.