9-letter words containing i, d, o, l
- 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.
- diglossic — 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.
- dilatator — (anatomy) A muscle that dilates any part; a dilator.
- dilations — Plural form of dilation.
- dilutions — Plural form of dilution.
- diplomacy — the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.
- 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.
- diplomata — Plural form of diploma.
- 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.
- diplomats — Plural form of diplomat.
- diplontic — (of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form, except for the gametes, is diploid.
- diplopods — Plural form of diplopod.
- diplotene — a late stage of prophase during meiosis, in which the chromatid pairs of the tetrads begin to separate and chiasmata can be seen.
- diplozoic — (of certain animals) bilaterally symmetrical
- diplozoon — a type of parasitic flatworm that exists as a pair of worms fused together in an X shape. Diplozoa fuse after meeting as two juvenile individuals (genus Diporpae) and are parasitic on the gills of fish
- 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.
- disallows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disallow.
- disavowal — a disowning; repudiation; denial.
- 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.
- discoboli — Plural form of discobolus.
- discoidal — Having the flat, circular shape of a disc or a quoit.
- discology — the study of gramophone records
- discolors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discolor.
- discolour — Alternative spelling of discolor.
- disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- disenroll — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- dishallow — to profane; desecrate.
- dishcloth — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- dishclout — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- dishtowel — a towel for drying dishes.
- dislocate — to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- dislodged — Simple past tense and past participle of dislodge.
- dislodges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dislodge.
- disoblige — to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
- dispeople — to deprive of people; depopulate.
- disposals — Plural form of disposal.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.
- dissocial — disinclined to or unsuitable for society; unsocial.
- dissolute — indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.
- dissolved — That has been disintegrated in a solvent.
- dissolver — One who, or that which, dissolves or dissipates.
- dissolves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissolve.
- dittology — A double reading or interpretation of a text.
- divulsion — a tearing apart; violent separation.
- do a line — to associate (with a person of the opposite sex) regularly; go out (with)
- do nicely — If someone or something is doing nicely, they are being successful.
- do-little — a lazy person; one who does little but does not admit to it.
- doability — Feasibility; practicability.