11-letter words containing d, i, s, c
- diagnostics — the art or practice of diagnosis, esp of diseases
- dialogistic — a speaker in a dialogue.
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- diastematic — characterized by diastema
- diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
- diatonicism — the use of diatonic harmony; composition in a diatonic idiom.
- dicasteries — Plural form of dicastery.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dichotomies — Botany. a mode of branching by constant forking, as in some stems, in veins of leaves, etc.
- dichotomise — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomist — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichroscope — an instrument for investigating the dichroism of solutions or crystals
- dickcissels — Plural form of dickcissel.
- dictyostele — a form of stele found in some ferns, containing so many gaps that it is like a network of separate strands
- didacticism — intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
- die casting — the process of making a casting by forcing molten metal into a metallic mold, or die, under great pressure
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- differences — Plural form of difference.
- dio cassius — ?155–?230 ad, Roman historian. His History of Rome covers the period of Rome's transition from Republic to Empire
- diplococcus — any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae.
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- diplomatics — the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like.
- dipsomaniac — a person with an irresistible craving for alcoholic drink.
- direct cost — a cost that can be related directly to the production of a product or to a particular function or service.
- directories — directory
- disaccorded — Simple past tense and past participle of disaccord.
- disaccredit — to take away the accreditation or authorization of: to disaccredit a diplomat.
- disaccustom — to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
- disaffected — discontented and disloyal, as toward the government or toward authority.
- disc camera — a camera that accepts a film cartridge in the form of a rotatable disc with film frames mounted around the outer edge.
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
- disc harrow — a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting
- disc jockey — a person who conducts a radio broadcast consisting of recorded music, informal talk, commercial announcements, etc.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- discalceate — (chiefly of members of certain religious orders) without shoes; unshod; barefoot.
- discandying — the act of melting or dissolving
- discardable — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discardment — the act or process of discarding
- disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
- discernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernible — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernibly — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernment — the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
- discerpible — Capable of being discerped.
- discerption — The action of pulling something apart.
- discerptive — capable of being discerped