9-letter words containing d, i
- asafetida — a bad-smelling gum resin obtained from various Asiatic plants (genus Ferula) of the umbel family: it was formerly used to treat some illnesses or, in folk medicine, to repel disease
- asbestoid — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- ascarides — any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- ascending — If a group of things is arranged in ascending order, each thing is bigger, greater, or more important than the thing before it.
- ascidians — Plural form of ascidian.
- ascidiate — of or relating to the tunicate molluscs of the genus Ascidium
- asclepiad — a plant that belongs to the class Asclepiadaceae
- asiderite — an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- aspidioid — relating to an aspidium
- aspirated — (of a stop) articulated with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- assidious — Misspelling of assiduous.
- assiduity — constant and close application
- assiduous — Someone who is assiduous works hard or does things very thoroughly.
- asteroids — Plural form of asteroid.
- astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- asyndesis — (psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.
- asyndetic — (of a catalogue or index) without cross references
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- attainder — (formerly) the extinction of a person's civil rights resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry on conviction for treason or felony
- attainted — Law. to condemn by a sentence or a bill or act of attainder.
- attending — having primary responsibility for a patient.
- attitudes — Plural form of attitude.
- attritted — to wear down (an opposing military force) by numerical superiority in troops or firepower.
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- audacious — Someone who is audacious takes risks in order to achieve something.
- audiences — the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.
- audiencia — a high court, found in South America during the colonial period
- audio iff — (file format, music) (AIFF) A format developed by Apple Computer Inc. for storing high-quality digital audio and musical instrument information. It is also used by SGI and several professional audio packages.
- audiobook — a recorded reading of a book recorded on tape, CD, or digital formats
- audiogram — a graphic record of the acuity of hearing of a person obtained by means of an audiometer
- audiology — the scientific study of hearing, often including the treatment of persons with hearing defects
- audiotape — Audiotape is magnetic tape which is used to record sound.
- audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
- auditable — able to be audited
- auditions — Plural form of audition.
- auditoria — the space set apart for the audience in a theater, school, or other public building.
- auditress — a female auditor
- aurobindo — Sri (Sri Aurobindo Ghose) 1872–1950, Indian scholar and spiritual leader.
- auto idle — (processor) A facility provided by some Intel clock doubled microprocessors where the internal clock can be slowed to the external clock rate while the processor is waiting for data from memory, returning to full speed as soon as the data arrives. See also System Management Mode.
- auto-dial — a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
- autocidal — (of insect pest control) effected by the introduction of sterile or genetically altered individuals into the wild population
- autoguide — a traffic information transmission system designed to stop congestion
- automized — Simple past tense and past participle of automize.
- autopsied — inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- avid fart — a flashy and intrusive visual effects editing style
- avizandum — a judge's or court's decision to consider a case privately before giving judgment
- avoidable — Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening.
- avoidably — In a manner so as to be avoidable.
- avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.