10-letter words containing d, i, s, l
- distinctly — in a distinct manner; clearly: Speak more distinctly.
- distrouble — to trouble; to interrupt
- disulfides — Plural form of disulfide.
- disulfiram — a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration.
- disulfoton — a pale-yellow, highly toxic liquid, C 8 H 19 O 2 PS 3 , used as an insecticide and miticide.
- disulfuric — pyrosulfuric.
- disulphate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- disulphide — (in inorganic chemistry) a sulfide containing two atoms of sulfur, as carbon disulfide, CS 2 .
- disutility — the quality of causing inconvenience, harm, distress, etc.
- disvaluing — Present participle of disvalue.
- disyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to two syllables.
- disyllable — a word of two syllables.
- diurnalist — a person who writes a diurnal; a journalist
- divestible — capable of being divested, as an estate in land.
- divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- divisively — In a divisive manner.
- divisorial — Lb maths Related to a divisor.
- dodo split — a split in which the head pin and the seven or ten pin remain standing.
- dog's-tail — any of several grasses of the genus Cynosurus, esp C. cristatus (crested dog's-tail), that are native to Europe and have flowers clustered in a dense narrow spike
- dolichurus — a dactylic hexameter characterized by a redundant syllable at the end
- dollarfish — butterfish.
- dollarship — the fact of being denominated in dollars
- dollarwise — as expressed in dollars; in dollars and cents: How much does a million francs amount to, dollarwise?
- domestical — Archaic form of domestic.
- dorsal fin — the fin or finlike integumentary expansion generally developed on the back of aquatic vertebrates.
- dorsal lip — the dorsal marginal region of the blastopore, which acts as a center of differentiation: as cells move through this region to the interior of the embryo during gastrulation, they acquire the ability to induce the overlying ectoderm to develop into a variety of tissues.
- downlights — Plural form of downlight.
- downslides — Plural form of downslide.
- doxologies — Plural form of doxology.
- dragsville — something unpleasantly boring or tedious.
- draw slide — dark slide (def 1).
- draw-slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- dribblings — Plural form of dribbling.
- drill ship — A drill ship is a ship which has been modified to include a drilling rig.
- drill stem — A drill stem is all the parts of the equipment used for rotary drilling.
- drillstock — a device for holding a drill.
- drivelines — Plural form of driveline.
- driverless — not having a human driver in control: The horse became startled and the now driverless horse-drawn carriage ran into a car. without a human operator: driverless machinery.
- drolleries — Plural form of drollery.
- drosophila — a fly of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used in laboratory studies of genetics and development.
- dullsville — something boring or dull: That movie was strictly dullsville.
- duniwassal — (in Scotland) a minor nobleman
- duplicates — Plural form of duplicate.
- duplicatus — (of a cloud) consisting of superposed layers that sometimes partially merge.
- dust devil — a small whirlwind 10–100 feet (3–30 meters) in diameter and from several hundred to 1000 feet (305 meters) high, common in dry regions on hot, calm afternoons and made visible by the dust, debris, and sand it picks up from the ground.
- dust whirl — dust devil.
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- dysplastic — Exhibiting dysplasia.
- edibleness — Edibility.
- editorials — Plural form of editorial.