9-letter words containing d, e, s, y
- decayless — having no tendency to decay
- defensory — (archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
- demassify — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- demulsify — to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which an emulsion is permanently broken down into its constituents
- demystify — If you demystify something, you make it easier to understand by giving a clear explanation of it.
- dentistry — Dentistry is the work done by a dentist.
- descrying — Present participle of descry.
- desertify — to (cause to) become a desert
- desirably — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- destroyer — A destroyer is a small, heavily armed warship.
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- deviously — departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect: a devious course.
- 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.
- diabesity — Used to refer to a form of diabetes that typically develops in later life and is associated with being obese.
- dialysate — (in the process of dialysis) the fluid passing through the dialyser, used for drawing toxins out of the patient's blood stream
- diaphyses — Plural form of diaphysis.
- diapyesis — the discharge of pus
- diasystem — a linguistic system forming a common denominator for a group or set of dialects.
- 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.
- diffusely — to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
- diphysite — a person who believes that in Christ two distinct natures, the human and the divine, existed together
- discovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- disembody — to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
- disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- disobeyed — Simple past tense and past participle of disobey.
- disobeyer — One who disobeys.
- displayed — (of a bird) represented with wings and legs spread: an eagle displayed.
- displayer — One who, or that which, displays.
- dispurvey — to strip of equipment or provisions
- dissembly — the dismantling or separation of an assembly
- dissogeny — the condition in ctenophores in which an individual has two periods of sexual maturity, one in the larval and one in the adult stage.
- diversely — of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions.
- diversify — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- diversity — the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness: diversity of opinion.
- dizzyness — Alternative spelling of dizziness.
- dogberrys — a foolish constable in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
- doomsayer — a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.
- dosimetry — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- drayhorse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
- driveways — Plural form of driveway.
- dry nurse — a nurse who cares for a child without suckling it
- dry riser — a vertical pipe, not containing water, having connections on different floors of a building for a fireman's hose to be attached. A fire tender can be connected at the lowest level to make water rise under pressure within the pipe
- dry slope — an artificial ski slope used for tuition and practice
- dry spell — a prolonged period of dry weather.
- dry steam — steam that does not contain droplets of water
- dry-nurse — to act as a dry nurse to.
- dry-stone — (of a wall) made without mortar
- drysalter — a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.
- duteously — In a duteous manner.