9-letter words containing e, d, i, t
- dioptrate — (of a compound eye) divided by a transverse line
- dipeptide — a peptide that yields two amino acids on hydrolysis.
- diphysite — a person who believes that in Christ two distinct natures, the human and the divine, existed together
- diplomate — a person who has received a diploma, especially a doctor, engineer, etc., who has been certified as a specialist by a board within the appropriate profession.
- diplotene — a late stage of prophase during meiosis, in which the chromatid pairs of the tetrads begin to separate and chiasmata can be seen.
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- dipterist — an expert on flies belonging to the order Diptera
- dipterous — Entomology. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
- directest — Superlative form of direct.
- directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- directors — Plural form of director.
- 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.
- directrix — Geometry. a fixed line used in the description of a curve or surface.
- dirichlet — Peter Gustav Lejeune [pey-tuh r goo s-tahf luh-zhœn] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈgʊs tɑf ləˈʒœn/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, German mathematician.
- dirt bike — a small motorcycle designed and built with special tires and suspension for riding on unpaved roads and over rough terrain.
- dirtiness — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- dis pater — Dis.
- disaffect — to alienate the affection, sympathy, or support of; make discontented or disloyal: The dictator's policies had soon disaffected the people.
- disasters — Plural form of disaster.
- disattire — (transitive) To undress.
- disattune — to cause (something) to be out of harmony
- discovert — (of a woman) not covert; not under the protection of a husband.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- discredit — to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
- disection — Misspelling of dissection.
- disentail — to free (an estate) from entail.
- disentomb — to remove from the tomb; disinter.
- disesteem — to hold in low regard; think unfavorably of.
- disfluent — lacking fluency in speech
- disforest — To disafforest.
- disgusted — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- dishonest — not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- dishtowel — a towel for drying dishes.
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- disinfect — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- disinfest — to rid of insects, rodents, etc.
- disinters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disinter.
- disinvent — to undo the invention of; to reverse the existence of.
- disinvest — to engage in disinvestment.
- disinvite — to withdraw an invitation to.
- disjected — Simple past tense and past participle of disject.
- diskettes — Plural form of diskette.
- dislocate — to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- dislustre — to lose or remove lustre
- dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- dismasted — Simple past tense and past participle of dismast.
- dismutase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze dismutation reactions.
- disnature — to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.