11-letter words containing d, i, s, t, a
- handfasting — Present participle of handfast.
- handicrafts — Plural form of handicraft.
- hard-fisted — stingy; miserly; closefisted.
- head-strict — (theory) A head-strict function will not necessarily evaluate every cons cell of its (list) argument, but whenever it does evaluate a cons cell it will also evaluate the element in the head of that cell. An example of a head-strict function is beforeZero :: [Int] -> [Int] beforeZero [] = [] beforeZero (0:xs) = [] beforeZero (x:xs) = x : beforeZero xs which returns a list up to the first zero. This pattern of evaluation is important because it is common in functions which operate on a list of inputs. See also tail-strict, hyperstrict.
- headstripes — Plural form of headstripe.
- headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
- heat island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heat shield — a coating or structure that surrounds part of the nose cone or other vulnerable surfaces of a spacecraft and, by heat absorption or ablation, protects them from excessive heating during reentry.
- heat-island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- hindoostani — a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbreviation: Hind. Compare Hindi (def 2), Urdu.
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- hippodamist — a horse-tamer
- historiated — (especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript) decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose.
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
- humidistats — Plural form of humidistat.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- ideopraxist — a person who is impelled to carry out an idea
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- idolisation — Alternative spelling of idolization.
- ill-starred — doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- illustrated — containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations: an illustrated book.
- immediatism — a policy for the immediate abolition of slavery.
- immediatist — a policy for the immediate abolition of slavery.
- immiserated — to make miserable.
- in-stead of — as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something: We ordered tea but were served coffee instead.
- incidentals — happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
- incrassated — Simple past tense and past participle of incrassate.
- indesignate — not quantifiable
- indian list — (in Canada) a list of persons to whom spirits may not be sold
- indications — Plural form of indication.
- inductances — Plural form of inductance.
- industrials — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- inexhausted — Not exhausted.
- inosculated — Simple past tense and past participle of inosculate.
- inseminated — Simple past tense and past participle of inseminate.
- inspissated — Simple past tense and past participle of inspissate.
- instantised — to make (foods or other products) available in instant or easily prepared form.
- instantized — to make (foods or other products) available in instant or easily prepared form.
- insufflated — Simple past tense and past participle of insufflate.
- intergrades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intergrade.
- interisland — being or operating between islands: interisland transportation.
- interradius — an interradial part or space
- interspaced — Simple past tense and past participle of interspace.
- interstrand — occurring or existing between DNA strands
- intimidates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intimidate.
- inundations — Plural form of inundation.
- invalidates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invalidate.
- isoantibody — (formerly) an alloantibody.