10-letter words containing d, i, a, s
- jaspideous — Jaspidean; made of jasper.
- jeopardies — Plural form of jeopardy.
- jeopardise — to put in jeopardy; hazard; risk; imperil: He jeopardized his life every time he dived from the tower.
- join hands — clasp each another's hands
- juiceheads — Plural form of juicehead.
- kickboards — Plural form of kickboard.
- kickstands — Plural form of kickstand.
- kidnappers — Plural form of kidnapper.
- lackadaisy — alas
- ladies aid — a local organization of women who raise money for their church.
- ladieswear — clothes designed for women
- lambdacism — excessive use of the sound l, its misarticulation, or its substitution for the sound r.
- lammastide — the season of Lammas.
- land snail — any gastropod of the widely distributed order Stylommatophora, containing usually small, brown or mottled hermaphroditic snails: some more colorful species, introduced into North America, are agricultural pests.
- landladies — Plural form of landlady.
- landslides — Plural form of landslide.
- languished — Simple past tense and past participle of languish.
- lapidaries — Plural form of lapidary.
- lapidarist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lapidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lapidify.
- larvicides — Plural form of larvicide.
- laser disc — video, audio format: optical disc
- laser disk — Computers, Television. optical disk.
- last-ditch — done finally in desperation to avoid defeat, failure, disaster, etc.: a last-ditch attempt to avert war.
- laudations — Plural form of laudation.
- laudianism — the policies and practices of Archbishop Laud or his supporters.
- leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- legislated — Simple past tense and past participle of legislate.
- lewis acid — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with a base by accepting a pair of electrons from it.
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- liquidates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liquidate.
- lisp-linda — P. Dourish, U Edinburgh 1988.
- lizardfish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- macadamias — Plural form of macadamia.
- macadamise — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- macrolides — Plural form of macrolide.
- madeleines — Plural form of madeleine.
- madonnaish — resembling a Madonna
- magistrand — a fourth-year university student
- magnetised — Simple past tense and past participle of magnetise.
- magnitudes — Plural form of magnitude.
- maimonides — (Moses ben Maimon"RaMBaM") 1135–1204, Jewish scholastic philosopher and rabbi, born in Spain: one of the major theologians of Judaism.
- mala fides — bad faith; intent to cheat or deceive. Compare bona fides (def 1).
- manifested — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- many-sided — having many sides.
- mardi gras — the day before Lent, celebrated in some cities, as New Orleans and Paris, as a day of carnival and merrymaking; Shrove Tuesday.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- mass media — any of the means of communication, as television or newspapers, that reach very large numbers of people.
- mastermind — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- masticated — Simple past tense and past participle of masticate.