15-letter words containing d, o, i, t
- dionysius thrax — c100 b.c, Greek grammarian.
- diphenyl ketone — benzophenone.
- direct coupling — conductive coupling between electronic circuits, as opposed to inductive or capacitative coupling
- direct positive — a positive obtained from another positive without an intermediate step.
- direct question — interrogative sentence
- direct taxation — Direct taxation is a system in which a government raises money by means of direct taxes.
- direction angle — an angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- disaffectionate — not affectionate
- disambiguations — Plural form of disambiguation.
- disappointingly — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
- disappointments — Plural form of disappointment.
- disarticulation — The act of disarticulating.
- disassimilation — The decomposition of complex substances, within an organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with the release of energy; a normal nutritional process that is the reverse of assimilation.
- discombobulated — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- discombobulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discombobulate.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disconfirmation — to prove to be invalid.
- disconformities — Plural form of disconformity.
- discontinuation — a breach or interruption of continuity or unity: Progress was delayed by repeated discontinuations of work.
- discontinuities — Plural form of discontinuity.
- discontinuously — In a discontinuous manner; not continuously.
- discoordination — Impaired coordination.
- discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- discountenanced — Simple past tense and past participle of discountenance.
- discountenances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discountenance.
- discovery inlet — an inlet of the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
- discretionarily — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- discriminations — Plural form of discrimination.
- dishabilitation — the imposition of a legal disqualification
- dishcloth gourd — loofah (def 1).
- disillusionment — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
- disimprisonment — the act of disimprisoning
- disincorporated — Simple past tense and past participle of disincorporate.
- disinflationary — (economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
- disintegrations — the act or process of disintegrating.
- disintoxication — detoxification (def 4).
- disk controller — (hardware, storage) (Or "hard disk controller", HDC) The circuit which allows the CPU to communicate with a hard disk, floppy disk or other kind of disk drive. The most common disk controllers in use are IDE and SCSI controllers. Most home personal computers use IDE controllers. High end PCs, workstations and network file servers mostly have SCSI adaptors.
- disorganisation — Alternative spelling of disorganization.
- disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
- disorientations — Plural form of disorientation.
- dispassionately — free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
- dispositionally — In a dispositional manner.
- disproportional — not in proportion; disproportionate.
- disproportioned — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.
- disquisitionary — of or relating to a disquisition
- dissatisfaction — the state or attitude of not being satisfied; discontent; displeasure.
- dissatisfactory — causing dissatisfaction; unsatisfactory: dissatisfactory service.
- distress rocket — a rocket fired from a ship to warn others nearby that it is in distress