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14-letter words containing d, i

  • devil's island — one of the three Safety Islands, off the coast of French Guiana: formerly a leper colony, then a French penal colony from 1895 until 1938. Area: less than 2 sq km (1 sq mile)
  • devil's tattoo — a rapid or nervous drumming with the fingers or feet
  • devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
  • devil-may-care — If you say that someone has a devil-may-care attitude, you mean that they seem relaxed and do not seem worried about the consequences of their actions.
  • devitalization — The act of devitalizing.
  • dextrinization — The process of dextrinizing.
  • dextrorotation — a rotation to the right; clockwise rotation, esp of the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light passing through a crystal, liquid, or solution, as seen by an observer facing the oncoming light
  • diabolicalness — The state or quality of being diabolical.
  • diachronically — in a diachronic fashion
  • diadokokinesia — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
  • diadokokinesis — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
  • diagenetically — in a diagenetic way
  • diagnosability — the quality of being diagnosable
  • diagnostically — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • diagonal cloth — a twilled fabric woven with distinctly diagonal lines.
  • diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised
  • diagonalizable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalized
  • diagrammatical — in the form of a diagram; graphic; outlined.
  • diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
  • dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
  • dialectologist — a specialist in dialectology.
  • diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
  • diamond geezer — a very nice or good man
  • diamond willow — wood that may come from any species of willow and has a diamond pattern in the grain, used for making walking sticks, table lamps, etc
  • diamond-shaped — rhombic
  • diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
  • diaper service — a service that provides clean diapers to parents and takes away dirty diapers to wash them
  • diaphanousness — The quality of being diaphanous.
  • diaphragm pump — A diaphragm pump is a pump in which a diaphragm is used to move a fluid.
  • diastereomeric — having the properties of or pertaining to a diastereoisomer
  • diathermaneity — the quality of being diathermanous
  • diaz rodriguez — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1927, Venezuelan author.
  • diazonium salt — any of a class of compounds with the general formula ArN:N–M+, where Ar is an aryl group and M is a metal atom; made by the action of nitrous acid on aromatic amines and used in dyeing
  • dicamptodontid — (zoology) Any member of the Dicamptodontidae.
  • dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
  • dichotomically — division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
  • dichromic acid — an unstable dibasic oxidizing acid known only in solution and in the form of dichromate salts. Formula: H2Cr2O7
  • dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
  • dictionary apl — Sharp APL
  • dictionary.com — a popular online dictionary site that includes a wide selection of electronic reference resources, including dictionaries of American and British English, specialized dictionaries, a thesaurus, translator, crossword solver, and other reference works and games.
  • dideoxyinosine — A drug that inhibits the replication of HIV and is used in the treatment of AIDS, especially in combination with zidovudine. It is a synthetic analog of a purine nucleoside.
  • die in harness — to die while still working or active, prior to retirement
  • dies committee — an early, informal name for the House Un-American Activities Committee.
  • diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
  • diffeomorphism — a differentiable homeomorphism.
  • different than — different from
  • differentiable — capable of being differentiated.
  • differentially — of or relating to difference or diversity.
  • differentiated — Recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different.
  • differentiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of differentiate.
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