8-letter words containing d, t, i
- diketone — a compound containing two C=O groups, as CH 3 COCOCH 3 .
- dilantin — a drug, C15H11N2O2Na, used in the treatment of epileptic attacks
- dilatant — dilating; expanding.
- dilatate — dilated; broadened.
- dilating — Present participle of dilate.
- dilation — the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- dilative — serving or tending to dilate.
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- diligent — constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything: a diligent student.
- diluents — Plural form of diluent.
- dilutant — A diluting agent; a diluent, or thinner.
- diluters — Plural form of diluter.
- diluting — Present participle of dilute.
- dilution — the act of diluting or the state of being diluted.
- dilutive — to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
- dimented — Misspelling of demented.
- dimentia — Misspelling of dementia.
- dimethyl — ethane.
- dimetric — (in technical drawing) denoting or incorporating a method of showing projection or perspective using a set of three geometric axes, of which two are of the same scale or dimension but the third is of another.
- dimitrov — Georgi [ge-awr-gi] /gɛˈɔr gɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Bulgarian political leader: premier 1946–49.
- dine out — to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
- dinettes — Plural form of dinette.
- dingbats — Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
- dingiest — Superlative form of dingy.
- dinitro- — (of a chemical) containing two nitrogen groups in place of two hydrogen atoms
- dinkiest — Superlative form of dinky.
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- diopters — Plural form of diopter.
- dioptres — Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- dioptric — Optics. pertaining to dioptrics: dioptric images.
- diorites — Plural form of diorite.
- dioritic — Containing diorite.
- dip into — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- diplomat — a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.
- diprotic — (of an acid) having two transferable protons.
- dipsetic — Tending to produce thirst.
- dipstick — a rod for measuring the depth of a liquid; especially, a thin metal rod used to measure the oil level in the crankcase of an automotive engine.
- dipteral — dipterous.
- dipteran — dipterous (def 1).
- dipteron — a dipterous insect.
- dipteros — (in ancient Greece) a building with a double colonnade on all sides
- dipthong — Obsolete spelling of diphthong.
- diptychs — Plural form of diptych.
- directed — proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; undeviating; not oblique: a direct route.
- directer — Comparative form of direct.
- directly — in a direct line, way, or manner; straight: The path leads directly to the lake.
- director — a person or thing that directs.
- dirigent — directing
- dirigist — Of or pertaining to dirigisme.