9-letter words containing d, t, s
- dialogist — a person who writes or takes part in a dialogue
- dialysate — (in the process of dialysis) the fluid passing through the dialyser, used for drawing toxins out of the patient's blood stream
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- dianetics — A discipline devised by w L. Ron Hubbard designed to heal psychosomatic illnesses by cleansing the mind of engrams.
- diaristic — stylistically like a diary
- diastases — Medicine/Medical. the separation of normally joined parts, as in the dislocation of bones, without fracture.
- diastasis — the separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone
- diastatic — Biochemistry. of or relating to diastase. having the properties of diastase: diastatic action.
- diastemic — a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- diastolic — (of blood pressure) indicating the arterial pressure during the interval between heartbeats.
- diasystem — a linguistic system forming a common denominator for a group or set of dialects.
- diatheses — Plural form of diathesis.
- diathesis — a hereditary or acquired susceptibility of the body to one or more diseases
- diatomist — a person specializing in the study of diatoms
- diatribes — Plural form of diatribe.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dick test — a skin test for determining whether a person is immune or susceptible to scarlet fever
- dicrotism — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- dictamnus — (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
- dictators — Plural form of dictator.
- didactics — the art or science of teaching
- die-stamp — to produce words or decoration on (a surface) by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- diestocks — Plural form of diestock.
- dietetics — pertaining to diet or to regulation of the use of food.
- diffusate — (in dialysis) the solution or the crystalline material that passes into it through the semipermeable membrane; dialyzate.
- digastric — (of a muscle) having two bellies with an intermediate tendon.
- digestant — a substance that promotes digestion.
- digesters — Plural form of digester.
- digesting — Present participle of digest.
- digestion — the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.
- digestive — serving for or pertaining to digestion; having the function of digesting food: the digestive tract.
- digitalis — any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
- digitised — Simple past tense and past participle of digitise.
- digitiser — Alternative spelling of digitizer.
- digitizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of digitize.
- dignities — bearing, conduct, or speech indicative of self-respect or appreciation of the formality or gravity of an occasion or situation.
- dilatants — Plural form of dilatant.
- dilations — Plural form of dilation.
- dilutions — Plural form of dilution.
- dimestore — Alternative spelling of dime store.
- dioestrus — diestrus.
- dioptrics — the branch of geometrical optics dealing with the formation of images by lenses.
- dioristic — defining
- diphysite — a person who believes that in Christ two distinct natures, the human and the divine, existed together
- diplomats — Plural form of diplomat.
- dipsticks — Plural form of dipstick.
- dipswitch — (electronics, computing) A miniature switch designed to be attached to a circuit board to customize the behavior of the circuit.
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- dipterist — an expert on flies belonging to the order Diptera