10-letter words containing i, m, o, d, e
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dictyosome — a Golgi body, esp in a plant cell
- dime novel — a cheap melodramatic or sensational novel, usually in paperback and selling for ten cents, especially such an adventure novel popular c1850 to c1920.
- dime store — five-and-ten (def 1).
- dimensions — 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.
- dimethoate — a highly toxic crystalline compound, C 5 H 12 NO 3 PS 2 , used as an insecticide.
- dimetrodon — an extinct carnivorous mammallike reptile, of the genus Dimetrodon, dominant in North America during the Permian Period, up to 10 feet (3.1 meter) long and usually bearing spinal sails.
- diminuendo — a gradual reduction of force or loudness.
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
- diothelism — the doctrine that Christ on earth had two wills, human and divine
- diplomates — Plural form of diplomate.
- diremption — a sharp division into two parts; disjunction; separation.
- discectomy — Surgical removal of the whole or a part of an intervertebral disc.
- discommend — to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.
- discommode — to cause inconvenience to; disturb, trouble, or bother.
- discompose — to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
- diseconomy — a lack of economy.
- disembargo — to remove an embargo from.
- disembogue — to discharge contents by pouring forth.
- disembosom — to reveal; divulge.
- disembowel — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disembroil — to free from embroilment, entanglement, or confusion.
- disempower — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disemvowel — to remove the vowels from (a word in a text message, email, etc) in order to abbreviate it
- disimprove — (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- 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.
- disownment — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
- dispermous — having two seeds.
- disselboom — One of the poles supporting a wagon.
- dockmackie — a North American shrub, Viburnum acerifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having long stemmed clusters of white flowers and ovoid, almost black berries.
- dogmatized — Simple past tense and past participle of dogmatize.
- dogmatizer — One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
- dogmatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dogmatize.
- dolomitize — to convert (limestone) into dolomite.
- dome light — a small light under the roof of an automobile or boat.
- domestical — Archaic form of domestic.
- 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.
- dominative — dominating; controlling.
- domineered — Simple past tense and past participle of domineer.
- dominicale — a veil formerly worn by women during divine service.
- dopexamine — A \u03b21- and \u03b22-adrenergic receptor agonist.
- dosimeters — Plural form of dosimeter.
- dosimetric — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- dove prism — a prism that inverts a beam of light, often used in a telescope to produce an erect image.
- drearisome — Very dreary.
- drive home — to cause to penetrate to the fullest extent
- duodecimal — pertaining to twelfths or to the number 12.
- duodecimos — Plural form of duodecimo.
- echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
- economised — (UK) Simple past tense and past participle of economise.