9-letter words containing e, n, o
- dentiform — shaped like a tooth
- dentition — the arrangement, type, and number of the teeth in a particular species. Man has a primary dentition of deciduous teeth and a secondary dentition of permanent teeth
- dentulous — having teeth
- deodorant — Deodorant is a substance that you can use on your body to hide or prevent the smell of sweat.
- deoxidant — an agent that deoxidizes.
- depiction — A depiction of something is a picture or a written description of it.
- depletion — a depleting or being depleted
- deploring — Present participle of deplore.
- deploying — Present participle of deploy.
- deponents — Plural form of deponent.
- deporting — Present participle of deport.
- desdemona — (in Shakespeare's Othello) Othello's wife, murdered by her husband as a result of jealousy instilled by Iago.
- desertion — the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned
- desitions — Plural form of desition.
- deskbound — doing sedentary work; working exclusively at a desk.
- desponded — Simple past tense and past participle of despond.
- detection — Detection is the act of noticing or sensing something.
- detention — Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
- detersion — the act of cleansing or deterging, esp of sores
- dethroned — Simple past tense and past participle of dethrone.
- dethroner — One who dethrones.
- dethrones — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dethrone.
- detonable — able to be detonated
- detonated — Simple past tense and past participle of detonate.
- detonates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detonate.
- detonator — A detonator is a small amount of explosive or a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is used to explode a bomb or other explosive device.
- detorsion — the act of, or the state of having undergone, detorting; a twisting, perversion, or distortion
- detorting — Present participle of detort.
- detortion — The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.
- detouring — Present participle of detour.
- detrition — the act of rubbing or wearing away by friction
- detrusion — the act of detruding.
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- deuterons — Plural form of deuteron.
- deviation — Deviation means doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or acceptable.
- devisions — Plural form of devision: obsolete spelling of divisions.
- devoicing — the process by which a consonant that is usually voiced becomes devoiced
- devoiding — not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually followed by of).
- devolving — Present participle of devolve.
- devon rex — a breed of medium-sized curly-haired cat with large eyes and very large ears
- devonport — a city in N Tasmania.
- devotions — Someone's devotions are the prayers that they say.
- devouring — Present participle of devour.
- dew point — the temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- deworming — Present participle of deworm.
- 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.
- diaconate — the office, sacramental status, or period of office of a deacon
- diagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- diagnoses — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- dial tone — The dial tone is the same as the dialling tone.