9-letter words containing g
- diabology — the study of the devil or devils
- diademing — Present participle of diadem.
- diaghilev — Sergei (Pavlovich) (sɪrˈɡjej ˈpavləvitʃ). 1872–1929, Russian ballet impresario. He founded (1909) and directed (1909–29) the Ballets Russes in Paris, introducing Russian ballet to the West
- 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.
- diagnosis — Diagnosis is the discovery and naming of what is wrong with someone who is ill or with something that is not working properly.
- diagonals — Plural form of diagonal.
- diagramed — Simple past tense and past participle of diagram.
- diagraphs — Plural form of diagraph.
- diallagic — consisting of, containing, or resembling diallage
- dialogism — a deduction with one premise and a disjunctive conclusion
- dialogist — a person who writes or takes part in a dialogue
- dialogite — rhodochrosite.
- dialogize — to carry on a dialogue
- dialogued — Simple past tense and past participle of dialogue.
- dialogues — Plural form of dialogue.
- dialyzing — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- diamagnet — a substance exhibiting diamagnetism
- diapering — Present participle of diaper.
- diaphragm — Your diaphragm is a muscle between your lungs and your stomach. It is used when you breathe.
- diarising — Present participle of diarise.
- dichogamy — the maturation of male and female parts of a flower at different times, preventing automatic self-pollination
- dickering — Present participle of dicker.
- dictating — to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record: to dictate some letters to a secretary.
- dictyogen — a monocotyledon with reticulated leaves
- dieseling — after-run.
- differing — to disagree in opinion, belief, etc.; be at variance; disagree (often followed by with or from): His business partner always differs with him.
- difflugia — a genus of ameboid protozoans that construct a shell of cemented sand grains.
- diffusing — Present participle of diffuse.
- digambara — the earlier of the two principal Jain sects, whose members went naked.
- digastric — (of a muscle) having two bellies with an intermediate tendon.
- digenesis — alternation of generations.
- 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.
- digitalin — a glucoside obtained from digitalis.
- digitalis — any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
- digitally — In a digital manner.
- 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.
- digitonin — a type of glycoside obtained from the foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used as a cleansing agent
- digitoxin — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble cardiac glycoside, C 41 H 64 O 13 , or a mixture of cardiac glycosides of which this is the chief constituent, obtained from digitalis and used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.
- diglossia — the widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in different social contexts or for performing different functions, as the existence of Katharevusa and Demotic in modern Greece.