9-letter words containing d, o, i, t
- donations — Plural form of donation.
- donatives — Plural form of donative.
- donizetti — Gaetano [gah-e-tah-naw] /ˌgɑ ɛˈtɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1797–1848, Italian operatic composer.
- doolittle — Hilda ("H.D") 1886–1961, U.S. poet.
- dormition — the process of falling asleep
- dormitive — having the effect of inducing sleep
- dormitory — a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
- dosimeter — a device carried on the person for measuring the quantity of ionizing radiation, as gamma rays, to which one has been exposed.
- dosimetry — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- dot pitch — (hardware) The distance between a dot and the closest dot of the same colour (red, green or blue) on a color CRT. Dot pitch is typically from 0.28 to 0.51 mm but large presentation monitors may go up to 1.0 mm. The smaller the dot pitch, the crisper the image, 0.31 or less provides a sharp image, especially when displaying text. Dot pitch measurements between conventional tubes and Sony's Trinitron tubes are roughly, but not exactly comparable. Sony's CRTs use vertical stripes, not dots, and its measurement is the distance between stripes, not the diagonal distance between dots.
- dottiness — The state or quality of being dotty, mildly insane or preoccupied.
- doughtier — Comparative form of doughty.
- doughtily — In a doughty manner.
- dovetails — Plural form of dovetail.
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- down with — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- down-time — (jargon) A period of time during which a (computer) system is not operational, due to a malfunction or maintenance.
- downlight — a lamp, often a light bulb set in a metal cylinder, mounted on or recessed into the ceiling so that a beam of light is directed downward.
- downright — thorough; absolute; out-and-out: a downright falsehood.
- downshift — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- downstair — down the stairs.
- downticks — Plural form of downtick.
- drag into — To drag something or someone into an event or situation means to involve them in it when it is not necessary or not desirable.
- draw into — involve sb in sth
- dried out — recovered; detoxified
- drift off — fall asleep
- driftbolt — Also called driftpin. a spike having a round shank and used for fastening heavy timbers together.
- driftwood — wood floating on a body of water or cast ashore by it.
- dripstone — Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- drive out — To drive out something means to make it disappear or stop operating.
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- drop girt — a girt running beneath the ends of joists and at right angles to them.
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- drum into — instill by repetition
- dry point — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- dubiosity — dubiety.
- duotheism — Belief in and worship in two deities, usually framed as a god and goddess of roughly equal power.
- duotheist — A person who adheres to duotheism.
- duplation — multiplication by two; doubling.
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- dystopian — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- dystopias — Plural form of dystopia.
- eddington — Sir Arthur (Stanley) 1882–1944, English astronomer, physicist, and writer.
- editorial — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- eductions — Plural form of eduction.
- eightfold — Eight times as great or as numerous.
- end point — extremity
- endocytic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to endocytosis.
- endotoxic — Of, related to, or caused by an endotoxin.