9-letter words containing m, e, a, t, d
- datepalms — Plural form of datepalm.
- dead meat — If you say that someone is dead meat, you mean that they are in very serious trouble that may result in them being hurt or injured in some way.
- dead time — the interval of time immediately following a stimulus, during which an electrical device, component, etc, is insensitive to a further stimulus
- dead-melt — to melt (steel) until killed.
- deaf-mute — A deaf-mute is someone who cannot hear or speak. This word could cause offence.
- deamidate — (organic chemistry) To remove an amide functional group from a compound.
- deaminate — to remove one or more amino groups from (a molecule)
- deathsman — an executioner
- debarment — to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
- decameter — dekameter
- decametre — ten metres
- decimated — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimate.
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decmate i — (computer) The first in DEC's series of miniaturised PDP-8 computers based on the Intersil 6120 [Harris 6120?] microprocessor and dedicated to wordprocessing. The DECmate was DEC's original competition for the IBM PC. The DECmate I was introduced in 1980 as the successor to the WT78. The processor ran at 10 MHz, and was housed in a VT100 CRT terminal. It was a very limted model, no EAE option was available, memory was 32 Kwords. It used the RX02 8" dual floppy drive. Options were the DP278-A and -B communication ports and RL278: 1 to 4 RL02 cartridge disk drives.
- defeatism — Defeatism is a way of thinking or talking which suggests that you expect to be unsuccessful.
- dekameter — ten meters, or one tenth of a hectometer (32.808 feet): abbrev. dam
- delamater — Cornelius Henry, 1821–89, U.S. mechanical engineer and shipbuilder.
- demandant — (formerly) the plaintiff in an action relating to real property
- demantoid — a bright green variety of andradite garnet
- demarcate — If you demarcate something, you establish its boundaries or limits.
- dementate — deprived of one's sanity; mad
- demential — severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- demetrias — an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- demigrate — (obsolete) To emigrate.
- demitasse — a small cup used to serve coffee, esp after a meal
- demo tape — a tape with a sample of someone's music recorded on it
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- denotatum — (linguistics, philosophy) Something that is denoted; a referent.
- dentalium — any scaphopod mollusc of the genus Dentalium
- dentalman — an enlisted person working as a dental assistant.
- dermatoid — resembling skin
- dermatome — a surgical instrument for cutting thin slices of skin, esp for grafting
- despumate — to clarify or purify (a liquid) by skimming a scum from its surface
- diamagnet — a substance exhibiting diamagnetism
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- diametral — located on or forming a diameter
- diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter
- diastemic — a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- diasystem — a linguistic system forming a common denominator for a group or set of dialects.
- diathermy — local heating of the body tissues with an electric current for medical or surgical purposes
- diatomite — a soft very fine-grained whitish rock consisting of the siliceous remains of diatoms deposited in the ocean or in ponds or lakes. It is used as an absorbent, filtering medium, insulator, filler, etc
- diatretum — a type of decorative Roman bowl or cup made of glass
- die-stamp — to produce words or decoration on (a surface) by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- diltiazem — a white to whitish crystalline powder, C 22 H 26 N 2 O 4 S, used as a calcium blocker in the treatment of angina pectoris.
- dimidiate — (of a coat of arms or charge ) adjoin (another) so that only half of each is visible.
- 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.
- dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.