9-letter words containing e, t, i
- diffident — lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
- diffluent — tending to flow off or away.
- diffusate — (in dialysis) the solution or the crystalline material that passes into it through the semipermeable membrane; dialyzate.
- digenetic — alternation of generations.
- digestant — a substance that promotes digestion.
- digesters — Plural form of digester.
- digesting — Present participle of digest.
- digestion — the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.
- digestive — serving for or pertaining to digestion; having the function of digesting food: the digestive tract.
- digitated — (botany) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation.
- digitised — Simple past tense and past participle of digitise.
- digitiser — Alternative spelling of digitizer.
- digitized — to convert (data) to digital form for use in a computer.
- digitizer — to convert (data) to digital form for use in a computer.
- digitizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of digitize.
- dignities — bearing, conduct, or speech indicative of self-respect or appreciation of the formality or gravity of an occasion or situation.
- dihydrate — a hydrate that contains two molecules of water, as potassium sulfite, K 2 SO 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
- dilatable — That can be dilated.
- dilatedly — In a dilated manner.
- dilberted — (jargon) To be exploited and oppressed by your boss. Derived from the experiences of Dilbert, the geek-in-hell comic strip character. "I've been dilberted again. The old man revised the specs for the fourth time this week."
- dilettant — Alternative form of dilettante.
- dilligent — Misspelling of diligent.
- diltiazem — a white to whitish crystalline powder, C 22 H 26 N 2 O 4 S, used as a calcium blocker in the treatment of angina pectoris.
- dilutable — capable of being diluted
- dimestore — Alternative spelling of dime store.
- dimidiate — (of a coat of arms or charge ) adjoin (another) so that only half of each is visible.
- dimwitted — a stupid or slow-thinking person.
- diner-out — a person who dines out.
- dinergate — a soldier ant.
- dinitrate — (chemistry) Any compound having two nitrate groups.
- dinothere — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- dioestrus — diestrus.
- 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.