9-letter words containing h, a, i, d
- deadlight — a bull's-eye let into the deck or hull of a vessel to admit light to a cabin
- deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- deathlike — resembling or suggestive of death
- decastich — a poem that consists of ten lines
- deckchair — A deckchair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deckchairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the garden.
- degarnish — to remove ornamentation from (something)
- delphinia — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- derzhavin — Gavril Romanovich [gah-vril roh-mah-nuh-vich;; Russian guh-vryil ruh-mah-nuh-vyich] /gɑˈvrɪl roʊˈmɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian gəˈvryɪl rəˈmɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1743–1816, Russian poet.
- detaching — Present participle of detach.
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- diachylon — a type of adhesive plaster, formerly made of various plant juices, but later containing lead oxide and glycerin
- 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
- diagraphs — Plural form of diagraph.
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- diaphonic — Of or pertaining to diaphony.
- diaphragm — Your diaphragm is a muscle between your lungs and your stomach. It is used when you breathe.
- diaphyses — Plural form of diaphysis.
- diaphysis — the shaft of a long bone
- diarrheal — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- diarrheas — Plural form of diarrhea.
- diarrheic — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of diarrhea.
- diarrhoea — If someone has diarrhoea, a lot of liquid faeces comes out of their body because they are ill.
- diathermy — local heating of the body tissues with an electric current for medical or surgical purposes
- diatheses — Plural form of diathesis.
- diathesis — a hereditary or acquired susceptibility of the body to one or more diseases
- diathetic — Pathology. a constitutional predisposition or tendency, as to a particular disease or other abnormal state of the body or mind.
- dichasium — a cymose inflorescence in which each branch bearing a flower gives rise to two other flowering branches, as in the stitchwort
- dichogamy — the maturation of male and female parts of a flower at different times, preventing automatic self-pollination
- dichondra — any of a genus of creeping perennial herbs of the Convolvulaceae family, with white, pale yellow, or green flowers
- dichromat — a person whose vision can only distinguish two colours
- didrachma — An Ancient Greek silver coin worth two drachmas.
- digraphic — Of or pertaining to a digraph.
- dihedrals — Plural form of dihedral.
- dihydrate — a hydrate that contains two molecules of water, as potassium sulfite, K 2 SO 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dish rack — frame for drying dishes
- dish soap — a detergent added to dishwater in order to clean dishes
- dishallow — to profane; desecrate.
- dishdasha — An ankle-length robe with long sleeves worn by some Arab men.
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- dithyramb — a Greek choral song or chant of vehement or wild character and of usually irregular form, originally in honor of Dionysus or Bacchus.
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- dyschezia — Difficult or painful defecation.
- dysphagia — difficulty in swallowing.
- dysphagic — difficulty in swallowing.
- dysphasia — inability to speak or understand words because of a brain lesion.
- dysphasic — inability to speak or understand words because of a brain lesion.
- dysphemia — any impairment in the ability to speak.