12-letter words containing e, d, i
- devotionally — In a devotional manner.
- dexterities' — skill or adroitness in using the hands or body; agility.
- dextrinizing — Present participle of dextrinize.
- dextrocardia — the abnormal location of the heart in the right side of the chest
- diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- diagonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of diagonalize.
- diagrammable — able to be diagrammed or representable by a diagram
- dialectician — an expert in dialectic; logician
- dialecticism — the influence of dialect
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- dialkylamine — (organic chemistry) Any secondary amine formed from two alkyl groups.
- dialogue box — a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
- diamagnetism — the phenomenon exhibited by substances that have a relative permeability less than unity and a negative susceptibility. It is caused by the orbital motion of electrons in the atoms of the material and is unaffected by temperature
- diamond head — promontory in SE Oahu, Hawaii, near Honolulu, consisting of the rim of an extinct volcanic crater
- diamond lane — a highway or street lane for buses and passenger vans marked with a large diamond shape on the pavement.
- diastereomer — either of a pair of stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other.
- diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
- diatomaceous — of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
- diazomethane — a yellow odourless explosive gas, used as a methylating agent. Formula: CH2:N:N
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- dibranchiate — of, relating to, or belonging to the Dibranchiata, a group or former order of cephalopod molluscs, including the octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish, having two gills
- dicarpellary — having two carpels
- dichotomised — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise.
- dichotomized — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomize Having been divided into dichotomous parts.
- dicotyledons — Plural form of dicotyledon.
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- dictyostelic — Of or possessing a dictyostele.
- die horribly — (jargon) The software equivalent of crash and burn, and the preferred emphatic form of die. "The converter choked on an FF in its input and died horribly".
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- diego garcia — chief island of the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory: 17 sq mi (44 sq km)
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- diesel cycle — Machinery. a theoretical heat cycle for an engine in which combustion occurs at a constant pressure and cooling at a constant volume.
- diesel train — a train hauled by a diesel locomotive or powered by a diesel engine
- diet kitchen — a kitchen, as in a hospital, where special food is prepared for those requiring it.
- diet pyramid — food pyramid (def 2).
- dietetically — In a dietetical manner.
- diethylamide — (organic compound) The derivative of a compound formed by adding an amide group with two ethyl substituents, N(C2H5)2.
- diethylamine — (organic compound) The secondary amine (CH3CH2)2NH.
- differencing — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- differentiae — Plural form of differentia.
- differential — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- difficulties — the fact or condition of being difficult.
- diffrangible — capable of being diffracted
- diffusedness — the state or quality of being diffused
- digitigrades — Plural form of digitigrade.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.