10-letter words containing i, s, o, p, d
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- dimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of two forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species. Compare sexual dimorphism.
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- diophantus — 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
- dipetalous — bipetalous.
- diphosgene — a colorless liquid, C 2 Cl 4 O 2 , usually derived from methyl formate or methyl chloroformate by chlorination: a World War I poison gas now used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- diphthongs — Phonetics. an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi- sound of toy or boil.
- diphyllous — having two leaves.
- diplodocus — a huge herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Diplodocus, from the Late Jurassic Epoch of western North America, growing to a length of about 87 feet (26.5 meters).
- diplomates — Plural form of diplomate.
- diplophase — the diploid part of an organism's life cycle.
- diplospeak — the polite and placatory language usually associated with diplomats
- dipsomania — an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drink.
- disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- discompose — to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
- discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
- disempower — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disenvelop — to unfold
- disepalous — having two sepals.
- disespouse — to divorce from (a spouse)
- disimprove — (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- dispassion — the state or quality of being unemotional or emotionally uninvolved.
- dispeopled — Simple past tense and past participle of dispeople.
- dispeopler — One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator.
- dispeoples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispeople.
- dispermous — having two seeds.
- dispersion — Also, dispersal. an act, state, or instance of dispersing or of being dispersed.
- dispersoid — the suspended particles in a dispersion.
- disphenoid — bisphenoid.
- dispiteous — malicious; cruel; pitiless.
- displosion — (obsolete) explosion.
- dispondaic — of or relating to a dispondee
- disporting — Present participle of disport.
- disposable — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- dispose of — to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
- disposedly — in a disposed manner
- disposings — those things which are disposed of
- disposited — Simple past tense and past participle of disposit.
- dispositif — (international law) A document that communicates the general stance taken by some organization or nation on a particular issue.
- dispositor — a planet that controls the star sign in which another planet is located
- dispossess — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
- disprofess — to renounce the profession of
- disprovide — (obsolete, transitive) Not to provide; to fail to provide.
- disproving — Present participle of disprove.
- disruption — forcible separation or division into parts.
- disruptors — Plural form of disruptor.
- dissipator — One who, or that which, dissipates something.
- disworship — to refuse to revere or worship
- docentship — privatdocent.