9-letter words containing i, s, o, l
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- deisolate — to remove from isolation.
- deletions — Plural form of deletion.
- delicious — very enjoyable; delightful
- delirious — Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they are very ill and have a fever.
- delousing — Present participle of delouse.
- delusions — Plural form of delusion.
- despoiled — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- despoiler — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- deviously — departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect: a devious course.
- diabolism — activities designed to enlist the aid of devils, esp in witchcraft or sorcery
- diabolist — Theology. action aided or caused by the devil; sorcery; witchcraft. the character or condition of a devil. a doctrine concerning devils. a belief in or worship of devils.
- diagonals — Plural form of diagonal.
- dialogism — a deduction with one premise and a disjunctive conclusion
- dialogist — a person who writes or takes part in a dialogue
- dialogues — Plural form of dialogue.
- diastolic — (of blood pressure) indicating the arterial pressure during the interval between heartbeats.
- diclinous — (of flowering plants) bearing unisexual flowers
- 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.
- dilations — Plural form of dilation.
- dilutions — Plural form of dilution.
- diplomats — Plural form of diplomat.
- diplopods — Plural form of diplopod.
- 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.