10-letter words containing i, d, u, m
- demisexual — (of humans) Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.
- demob suit — a suit of civilian clothes issued to a demobilized soldier, esp at the end of World War II
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- demounting — Present participle of demount.
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- desiderium — a powerful desire or yearning, especially for something once had
- designatum — (semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
- desmoulins — (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoît) (kamij). 1760–94, French revolutionary leader, pamphleteer, and orator
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- digitorium — a small portable keyboard for a pianist to play finger exercises on
- diminuendo — a gradual reduction of force or loudness.
- diminution — the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
- diminutive — small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout.
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- dinkum oil — the truth
- direct sum — a composition of two disjoint sets, as vector spaces, such that every element in the composition can be written uniquely as the sum of two elements, one from each of the given sets.
- disembogue — to discharge contents by pouring forth.
- dismounted — Pertaining to a horseman who has gotten off his horse, or to something which has been removed from its usual mounting, as with a statue off its pedestal, a framed picture from a wall, or a chandelier hanging from a ceiling.
- dispermous — having two seeds.
- displuming — Present participle of displume.
- dissimuler — (obsolete) A dissembler.
- disulfiram — a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration.
- domestique — Cycling. a member of a bicycle-racing team who assists the leader, as by setting a pace, preventing breakaways by other teams, or supplying food during a race.
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
- drumsticks — Plural form of drumstick.
- du maurier — Dame Daphne (Lady Browning) 1907–1989, English novelist.
- dumbsizing — Present participle of dumbsize.
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- duodecimal — pertaining to twelfths or to the number 12.
- duodecimos — Plural form of duodecimo.
- duple time — characterized by two beats to the measure.
- duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- eadmund ii — ("Ironside") a.d. c980–1016, English king 1016: defeated by Canute.
- emulsified — Simple past tense and past participle of emulsify.
- emulsioned — Painted with emulsion paint.
- emulsoidal — of or relating to an emulsoid
- endomysium — A layer of connective tissue which surrounds individual muscle fibers.
- epicardium — A serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart.
- epidendrum — an orchid belonging to the Epidendrum genus
- eudaemonia — Alternative spelling of eudemonia.
- eudaemonic — Conducive to happiness.
- eudaimonia — Alternative spelling of eudemonia.
- eudemonics — the art or theory of happiness
- eudemonism — Alternative form of eudaemonism.