9-letter words containing i, d, e, o
- diazoxide — a substance, C 8 H 7 ClN 2 O 2 S, having potent antihypertensive action and used to reduce blood pressure in hypertensive crisis.
- dibromide — a chemical compound that contains two bromine atoms per molecule
- dichroite — cordierite.
- dickerson — Eric Demetric [dih-me-trik] /dɪˈmɛ trɪk/ (Show IPA), born 1960, U.S. football player.
- dictyogen — a monocotyledon with reticulated leaves
- diestocks — Plural form of diestock.
- diet food — a type of food intended to help people slim
- 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.
- dimension — 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.
- dimestore — Alternative spelling of dime store.
- diner-out — a person who dines out.
- dinothere — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- dioecious — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- dioestrus — diestrus.
- dioptrate — (of a compound eye) divided by a transverse line
- diosgenin — a crystalline compound, C 27 H 42 O 3 , the aglycone of dioscin: used in the synthesis of steroidal hormones, as of progesterone.
- diplomaed — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
- 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.
- 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.
- dire wolf — an extinct wolf, Canis dirus, widespread in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch, having a larger body and a smaller brain than the modern wolf.
- direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- 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.
- disavowed — Deny any responsibility or support for.
- disbodied — (archaic) disembodied.
- disclosed — Simple past tense and past participle of disclose.
- discloser — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- discloses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disclose.
- discoured — Simple past tense and past participle of discoure.
- discoures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discoure.
- discourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discovers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discover.
- discovert — (of a woman) not covert; not under the protection of a husband.
- discovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- disection — Misspelling of dissection.
- disembody — to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
- disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- disenamor — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disendows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disendow.
- disenroll — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disentomb — to remove from the tomb; disinter.
- disforest — To disafforest.
- disformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disform.
- disgodded — deprived of divinity
- disgorged — Simple past tense and past participle of disgorge.
- disgorger — to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth.
- disgorges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disgorge.
- dishonest — not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- dishtowel — a towel for drying dishes.