9-letter words containing d, y, o
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- deviously — departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect: a devious course.
- devotedly — zealous or ardent in attachment, loyalty, or affection: a devoted friend.
- dhrystone — (benchmark) A short synthetic benchmark program by Reinhold Weicker <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, intended to be representative of system (integer) programming. It is available in ADA, Pascal and C. The current version is Dhrystone 2.1. The author says, "Relying on MIPS V1.1 (the result of V1.1) numbers can be hazardous to your professional health." Due to its small size, the memory system outside the cache is not tested. Compilers can too easily optimise for Dhrystone. String operations are somewhat over-represented.
- diabolify — (transitive) To ascribe diabolical qualities to; to change into, or represent as, a devil.
- diabology — the study of the devil or devils
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- diachylon — a type of adhesive plaster, formerly made of various plant juices, but later containing lead oxide and glycerin
- diazotype — a print produced by the diazo process.
- dichogamy — the maturation of male and female parts of a flower at different times, preventing automatic self-pollination
- dichotomy — If there is a dichotomy between two things, there is a very great difference or opposition between them.
- dicky bow — a bow tie
- dictatory — dictatorial
- dictyogen — a monocotyledon with reticulated leaves
- dihydroxy — (of a molecule) containing two hydroxyl groups.
- dimissory — dismissing or giving permission to depart.
- dionysiac — of or relating to the Dionysia or to Dionysus; Bacchic.
- dionysian — of, relating to, or honoring Dionysus or Bacchus.
- dionysius — ("the Elder") 431?–367 b.c, Greek soldier: tyrant of Syracuse 405–367.
- diplomacy — the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.
- directory — a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
- dirty dog — a despicable person
- discology — the study of gramophone records
- discotomy — (surgery) alternative spelling of discectomy.
- discovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- disembody — to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
- disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- disobeyed — Simple past tense and past participle of disobey.
- disobeyer — One who disobeys.
- dissogeny — the condition in ctenophores in which an individual has two periods of sexual maturity, one in the larval and one in the adult stage.
- disyoking — Present participle of disyoke.
- ditionary — (obsolete) A subject; a tributary.
- dittology — A double reading or interpretation of a text.
- ditty box — a small box used like a ditty bag.
- dizygotic — developed from two fertilized ova, as fraternal twins.
- do nicely — If someone or something is doing nicely, they are being successful.
- doability — Feasibility; practicability.
- dobsonfly — a large, soft-bodied insect, Corydalus cornutus, having four distinctly veined membranous wings, biting mouthparts, and, in the male, huge mandibles that jut out from the head.
- dockyards — Plural form of dockyard.
- doddypoll — a dunce; imbecile
- dogberrys — a foolish constable in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
- doggishly — In a doggish manner.
- doggy bag — a small bag provided on request by a restaurant for a customer to carry home leftovers of a meal, ostensibly to feed a dog or other pet.
- dogmatory — dogmatic
- dolefully — sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face.
- dollishly — In a dollish manner.
- dolly tub — an apparatus for agitating and washing ore in a vessel
- dollybird — an attractive and fashionable girl, esp one who is considered to be unintelligent
- doltishly — In a doltish manner.