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10-letter words containing d, p, h, i

  • dienophile — (organic chemistry) A compound that readily reacts with a diene; especially an alkene in the Diels-Alder reaction.
  • dimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of two forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species. Compare sexual dimorphism.
  • dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
  • dimorphous — having two forms.
  • diophantus — 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
  • dip switch — computing: on-off switch
  • dipchemeng — Diploma in Chemical Engineering
  • diphenamid — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 16 H 17 ON, used to control weed growth on lawns and various croplands.
  • diphosgene — a colorless liquid, C 2 Cl 4 O 2 , usually derived from methyl formate or methyl chloroformate by chlorination: a World War I poison gas now used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • diphtheria — a febrile, infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages, especially the throat.
  • diphthongs — Phonetics. an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi- sound of toy or boil.
  • diphyletic — of or relating to a taxonomic group of organisms derived from two separate ancestral lines.
  • diphyllous — having two leaves.
  • diphyodont — having two successive sets of teeth, as most mammals.
  • diplophase — the diploid part of an organism's life cycle.
  • dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
  • dirt-cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
  • discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
  • dispatched — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
  • dispatcher — a person who dispatches.
  • dispatches — Plural form of dispatch.
  • disphenoid — bisphenoid.
  • displenish — to remove furnishings or supplies from
  • disulphate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
  • disulphide — (in inorganic chemistry) a sulfide containing two atoms of sulfur, as carbon disulfide, CS 2 .
  • disworship — to refuse to revere or worship
  • ditriglyph — the distance, on centers, between a metope and the second one distant.
  • dittograph — an instance of dittography; a passage containing reduplicated syllables, letters, etc.
  • docentship — privatdocent.
  • doctorship — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
  • dollarship — the fact of being denominated in dollars
  • dress ship — to decorate a vessel by displaying all signal flags on lines run from the bow to the stern over the mast trucks
  • drill ship — A drill ship is a ship which has been modified to include a drilling rig.
  • drosophila — a fly of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used in laboratory studies of genetics and development.
  • duennaship — The role or status of duenna.
  • dyophysite — the presence of the divine and human natures in Jesus Christ
  • dysgraphia — inability to write, caused by cerebral lesion.
  • dysgraphic — a person who suffers from dysgraphia
  • dysmorphia — Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body.
  • dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
  • dysphemism — the substitution of a harsh, disparaging, or unpleasant expression for a more neutral one.
  • dystrophia — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
  • dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
  • dystrophin — a protein, the absence of which is believed to cause muscular dystrophy
  • editorship — the office or function of an editor.
  • empathised — Simple past tense and past participle of empathise.
  • empathized — Simple past tense and past participle of empathize.
  • emphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of emphasise.
  • emphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of emphasize.
  • enciphered — Simple past tense and past participle of encipher.
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