13-letter words containing e, m, s, i
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
- diamond snake — a python, Morelia argus, of Australia and New Guinea, with yellow diamond-shaped markings
- diamond state — Delaware (used as a nickname).
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dilettanteism — The condition of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.
- dim statement — (programming) (From "dimension") A keyword in most versions of the BASIC programming language that declares the size of an array. E.g. DIM A(100) declares a one-dimensional array with 101 numeric elements (including A(0)). Dim DepartmentNumber As Integer which declares a single (scalar) variable of type Integer.
- dimensionally — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dimensionless — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dimmer switch — A dimmer switch is an electrical switch which turns off the full beam of a headlamp and turns on the low beam.
- dimmer-switch — a person or thing that dims.
- dimwittedness — The state or condition of being dimwitted.
- dirty realism — a style of writing, originating in the US in the 1980s, which depicts in great detail the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life
- disaccustomed — Simple past tense and past participle of disaccustom.
- disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
- disagreements — Plural form of disagreement.
- disambiguated — Simple past tense and past participle of disambiguate.
- disambiguates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disambiguate.
- disassembling — Present participle of disassemble.
- disassimilate — to break down (a complex molecule or substance) into simple ones through catabolism
- disburdenment — The removal of a burden; an unburdening.
- disbursements — Plural form of disbursement.
- discomycetous — of or relating to the subclass of fungus Discomycetes
- discriminable — capable of being discriminated or distinguished.
- discriminated — Simple past tense and past participle of discriminate.
- discriminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discriminate.
- disembarkment — to go ashore from a ship.
- disembodiment — to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
- disemboweling — Present participle of disembowel.
- disembowelled — (chiefly, British) Simple past tense and past participle of disembowel.
- disemployment — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- disempowering — Present participle of disempower.
- disencumbered — Simple past tense and past participle of disencumber.
- disengagement — the act or process of disengaging or the state of being disengaged.
- disenrollment — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disentailment — The action of freeing property from entail.
- disestimation — the act of having esteem removed
- disfigurement — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disharmonized — Simple past tense and past participle of disharmonize.
- disilluminate — to darken
- disinvestment — the withdrawal of invested funds or the cancellation of financial aid, subsidies, or investment plans, as in a property, neighborhood, or foreign country.
- dismantlement — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- dismemberment — to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb: The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them.
- disobligement — disobligation
- disparagement — the act of disparaging.
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- disseminating — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- dissemination — the act of disseminating, or spreading widely: The Internet allows for the rapid dissemination of information.
- disseminative — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- disseminators — Plural form of disseminator.