9-letter words containing d, e, n, t
- detention — Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
- détentist — a supporter of détente; someone who tries to ease political tensions
- detergent — Detergent is a chemical substance, usually in the form of a powder or liquid, which is used for washing things such as clothes or dishes.
- deterging — Present participle of deterge.
- determent — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- deterrent — A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it.
- deterring — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- detersion — the act of cleansing or deterging, esp of sores
- detesting — Present participle of detest.
- dethroned — Simple past tense and past participle of dethrone.
- dethroner — One who dethrones.
- dethrones — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dethrone.
- detonable — able to be detonated
- detonated — Simple past tense and past participle of detonate.
- detonates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detonate.
- detonator — A detonator is a small amount of explosive or a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is used to explode a bomb or other explosive device.
- detorsion — the act of, or the state of having undergone, detorting; a twisting, perversion, or distortion
- detorting — Present participle of detort.
- detortion — The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.
- detouring — Present participle of detour.
- detrained — Simple past tense and past participle of detrain.
- detriment — If something happens to the detriment of something or to a person's detriment, it causes harm or damage to them.
- detrition — the act of rubbing or wearing away by friction
- detruding — Present participle of detrude.
- detrusion — the act of detruding.
- deuterons — Plural form of deuteron.
- devasting — Present participle of devast.
- deviating — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- deviation — Deviation means doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or acceptable.
- devilment — devilish or mischievous conduct
- devonport — a city in N Tasmania.
- devotions — Someone's devotions are the prayers that they say.
- dew plant — sundew.
- dew point — the temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- dhrystone — (benchmark) A short synthetic benchmark program by Reinhold Weicker <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, intended to be representative of system (integer) programming. It is available in ADA, Pascal and C. The current version is Dhrystone 2.1. The author says, "Relying on MIPS V1.1 (the result of V1.1) numbers can be hazardous to your professional health." Due to its small size, the memory system outside the cache is not tested. Compilers can too easily optimise for Dhrystone. String operations are somewhat over-represented.
- diaconate — the office, sacramental status, or period of office of a deacon
- dial tone — The dial tone is the same as the dialling tone.
- diamagnet — a substance exhibiting diamagnetism
- 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
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dicentric — an abnormal chromosome with two centromeres
- dictyogen — a monocotyledon with reticulated leaves
- dietarian — Somebody following a diet, a dieter.
- dietician — a person who is an expert in nutrition or dietetics.
- dietitian — a person who is an expert in nutrition or dietetics.
- different — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- diffident — lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
- diffluent — tending to flow off or away.