9-letter words containing d, e, t, c, i
- dehiscent — (of fruits, anthers, etc) opening spontaneously to release seeds or pollen
- deictical — Deictic.
- deistical — a person who believes in deism.
- dejecting — (rare) present participle of deject.
- dejection — Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.
- delicates — Underwear or lingerie.
- delictual — (legal) Derived from a delict (analogous to a tort).
- dendritic — formed or marked like a dendrite.
- denticles — Plural form of denticle.
- depicting — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depiction — A depiction of something is a picture or a written description of it.
- depictive — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depicture — (transitive) To make a picture of; to paint or depict.
- dereistic — autism.
- derelicts — Plural form of derelict.
- desiccant — desiccating or drying
- desiccate — to remove most of the water from (a substance or material); dehydrate
- dessicate — Misspelling of desiccate.
- detaching — Present participle of detach.
- detecting — Present participle of detect.
- detection — Detection is the act of noticing or sensing something.
- detective — A detective is someone whose job is to discover what has happened in a crime or other situation and to find the people involved. Some detectives work in the police force and others work privately.
- diabetics — Plural form of diabetic.
- diacetate — (chemistry) Any salt or ester having two acetate groups.
- diaconate — the office, sacramental status, or period of office of a deacon
- diaeretic — dieresis.
- dialectal — of a dialect.
- dialectic — People refer to the dialectic or dialectics of a situation when they are referring to the way in which two very different forces or factors work together, and the way in which their differences are resolved.
- diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter
- 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
- diapyetic — of or pertaining to diapyesis
- diastemic — a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- diathetic — Pathology. a constitutional predisposition or tendency, as to a particular disease or other abnormal state of the body or mind.
- diazeutic — Alternative form of diazeuctic.
- 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.
- dicentric — an abnormal chromosome with two centromeres
- dichroite — cordierite.
- dick test — a skin test for determining whether a person is immune or susceptible to scarlet fever
- dictature — dictatorship
- dictyogen — a monocotyledon with reticulated leaves
- diestocks — Plural form of diestock.
- dietetics — pertaining to diet or to regulation of the use of food.
- dietician — a person who is an expert in nutrition or dietetics.
- digenetic — alternation of generations.
- directest — Superlative form of direct.
- directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.