9-letter words containing d, i, s, m
- idioplasm — germ plasm.
- idomeneus — a king of Crete who fought on the Greek side in the Trojan War
- il sodoma — (Giovanni Antonio de Bazzi) [jaw-vahn-nee-ahn-taw-nyaw-de-baht-tsee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ dɛˈbɑt tsi/ (Show IPA), 1477–1549, Italian painter.
- immodesty — not modest in conduct, utterance, etc.; indecent; shameless.
- immunised — Simple past tense and past participle of immunise.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.
- impressed — to press or force into public service, as sailors.
- indamines — Plural form of indamine.
- indianism — action or policy for promoting the interests of Indians, especially American Indians.
- islamabad — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- isodomous — (in Greek history) relating to isodomon
- jeremiads — Plural form of jeremiad.
- kaiserdom — The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- lampadist — (in ancient Greece) a competitor in a race run by young men with torches
- landmines — Plural form of landmine.
- limonoids — Plural form of limonoid.
- ludditism — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- madarosis — the abnormal loss of eyebrows or eyelashes
- made dish — a dish consisting of a number of different ingredients cooked together
- madrigals — Plural form of madrigal.
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- maidstone — a city in Kent, in SE England.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- maladious — (obsolete) sickly.
- maledicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maledict.
- man-sized — large; big; generous: a man-sized sandwich.
- mandarins — Plural form of mandarin.
- mandibles — Plural form of mandible.
- mandolins — Plural form of mandolin.
- mandrills — Plural form of mandrill.
- manifolds — Plural form of manifold.
- mansfield — a city in W Nottinghamshire, in central England.
- mantispid — any neuropterous, mantislike insect of the family Mantispidae, the larvae of which are parasites in the nests of spiders or wasps.
- maquisard — maquis (def 2).
- marasmoid — Resembling or characteristic of marasmus.
- maravedis — Plural form of maravedi.
- marigolds — Plural form of marigold.
- marinades — Plural form of marinade.
- masefield — John, 1878–1967, English poet: poet laureate 1930–67.
- masonried — built of masonry
- mastoidal — Mastoid.
- maxidress — a dress that reaches the ankle
- maximised — Simple past tense and past participle of maximise.
- medalists — Plural form of medalist.
- medallist — a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- media-shy — reluctant to appear in the mass media
- mediatise — to annex (a principality) to another state, while allowing certain rights to its former sovereign.
- mediators — Plural form of mediator.
- medicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of medicate.