9-letter words containing i, m, o, d
- diazonium — of, consisting of, or containing the group, Ar-N:N-, where Ar is an aryl group
- dibromide — a chemical compound that contains two bromine atoms per molecule
- dichogamy — the maturation of male and female parts of a flower at different times, preventing automatic self-pollination
- dichotomy — If there is a dichotomy between two things, there is a very great difference or opposition between them.
- dichroism — a property of a uniaxial crystal, such as tourmaline, of showing a perceptible difference in colour when viewed along two different axes in transmitted white light
- dichromat — a person whose vision can only distinguish two colours
- dichromic — of or involving only two colours; dichromatic
- dicrotism — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- 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.
- dimissory — dismissing or giving permission to depart.
- dimitrovo — a city in W Bulgaria, near Sofia.
- dimorphic — having two forms.
- dinomania — a strong interest in or enthusiasm for dinosaurs
- 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.
- disciform — resembling the shape of a disc
- discomfit — to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
- discommon — (at Oxford and Cambridge) to prohibit (tradespeople or townspeople who have violated the regulations of the university) from dealing with the undergraduates.
- discotomy — (surgery) alternative spelling of discectomy.
- 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.
- disentomb — to remove from the tomb; disinter.
- disformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disform.
- dishumour — to upset or offend
- disinform — to give or supply disinformation to.
- dismounts — Plural form of dismount.
- dive-bomb — If a plane dive-bombs an area, it suddenly flies down low over it to drop bombs onto it.
- dogmatics — the study of the arrangement and statement of religious doctrines, especially of the doctrines received in and taught by the Christian church.
- dogmatise — to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
- dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
- dogmatist — a person who asserts his or her opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner; a dogmatic person.
- dogmatize — to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
- dolomites — a very common mineral, calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg(CO 3) 2 , occurring in crystals and in masses.
- dolomitic — (geology) Of, pertaining to or containing dolomite.
- domainist — (jargon) /doh-mayn'ist/ 1. Said of a domain address (as opposed to a bang path) because the part to the right of the "@" specifies a nested series of "domains"; for example, [email protected] specifies the machine called snark in the subdomain called thyrsus within the top-level domain called com. See also big-endian. 2. Said of a site, mailer or routing program which knows how to handle domainist addresses. 3. Said of a person (especially a site admin) who prefers domain addressing, supports a domainist mailer, or proselytises for domainist addressing and disdains bang paths. This term is now (1993) semi-obsolete, as most sites have converted.
- domestics — Plural form of domestic.
- domically — in the manner or shape of a dome
- domiciled — a place of residence; abode; house or home.
- domiciles — Plural form of domicile.
- dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- dominancy — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- dominants — Plural form of dominant.
- dominated — to rule over; govern; control.
- dominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dominate.