13-letter words containing d, i, c, o, t
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- dextrocardiac — a person whose heart is on the right side of his or her chest
- diacatholicon — an all-purpose remedy
- diagnosticate — (archaic, transitive) To make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
- diagnostician — a specialist or expert in making diagnoses
- dialect coach — a person whose job is to train actors to speak in the authentic accent and manner of a particular area
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- dichotomising — Present participle of dichotomise.
- dichotomistic — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomizing — Present participle of dichotomize.
- dichotomously — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dictatorially — In a dictatorial manner.
- dictatorships — Plural form of dictatorship.
- diffractogram — An image produced by a diffractometer.
- digital clock — a clock that displays the time in numerical digits rather than by hands on a dial.
- digital logic — two-valued logic
- dignification — The act of dignifying; exaltation.
- dioristically — in a dioristic manner
- diotheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- diplock court — in Northern Ireland, a court of law designed to try cases linked with terrorism. In order to prevent the intimidation of jurors, the court consists of a single judge and no jury
- diprotic acid — any acid with two hydrogen atoms in its molecule that are capable of being released or ionized in water, such as sulphuric acid and carbonic acid
- direct action — any action seeking to achieve an immediate or direct result, especially an action against an established authority or powerful institution, as a strike or picketing.
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- direct method — a technique of foreign-language teaching in which only the target language is used, little instruction is given concerning formal rules of grammar, and language use is often elicited in situational contexts.
- direct motion — the movement of a celestial body (as seen from the earth) from east to west across the sky
- direct object — a word or group of words representing the person or thing upon which the action of a verb is performed or toward which it is directed: in English, generally coming after the verb, without a preposition. In He saw it the pronoun it is the direct object of saw.
- directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directionless — the act or an instance of directing.
- directorially — In terms of film direction.
- directorships — Plural form of directorship.
- disaccustomed — Simple past tense and past participle of disaccustom.
- disassociated — to dissociate.
- disassociates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disassociate.
- disceptatious — disputable
- discoloration — the act or fact of discoloring or the state of being discolored.
- discomforting — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- discomycetous — of or relating to the subclass of fungus Discomycetes
- disconcerting — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disconcertion — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- disconformity — Geology. the surface of a division between parallel rock strata, indicating interruption of sedimentation: a type of unconformity.
- disconnecting — Present participle of disconnect.
- disconnection — the act of disconnecting.
- disconsolated — Obsolete form of disconsolate.
- discontentful — exhibiting a lack of contentment
- discontiguity — the quality of being discontiguous
- discontiguous — disconnected or without contact
- discontinuing — Present participle of discontinue.
- discontinuity — lack of continuity; irregularity: The plot of the book was marred by discontinuity.