8-letter words containing d, i, s, m
- diastema — an abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in a bodily organ or part
- didymous — in pairs or in two parts
- die stem — the South African national anthem until 1991, when part of it was incorporated into the current anthem, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
- digicams — Plural form of digicam.
- dilemmas — A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.
- dimensia — Misspelling of dementia.
- dimerise — Alternative spelling of dimerize.
- dimerous — consisting of or divided into two parts.
- diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- dioecism — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- diomedes — a Greek hero in the Trojan War.
- dioramas — Plural form of diorama.
- diosmose — osmose.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- disarmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarm.
- disarmer — A person who advocates or campaigns for the withdrawal of nuclear weapons.
- disbosom — to reveal; confess.
- disclaim — to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- disembed — (transitive) To remove (something) from what it is embedded in.
- dismally — causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- dismayed — to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
- dismoded — no longer fashionable
- dismount — to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
- disodium — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of sodium in a compound.
- dispermy — the fertilization of an ovum by two spermatozoa.
- displume — to strip of plumes; deplume.
- ditheism — the doctrine of or belief in two equally powerful gods.
- docetism — an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- dochmius — a five-syllable foot, characteristic of ancient Greek dramas
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- dominoes — a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
- domotics — Robotic technology for use in the home.
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- dowdyism — the quality of being dowdy
- drudgism — the work of a drudge
- druidism — the religion or rites of the Druids.
- drumfish — drum1 (def 11).
- drumlins — Plural form of drumlin.
- drumskin — drumhead (def 1).
- dualisms — Plural form of dualism.
- dumbshit — (vulgar, pejorative, colloquial) A stupid person or someone who makes or has just made a significant mistake.
- dumbsize — (informal) To reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency, such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient.
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- dummiest — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- dumosity — the condition of being filled with bushes
- dumpings — Plural form of dumping.
- dumpsite — dump (def 17).
- duumvirs — Plural form of duumvir.