10-letter words containing m, e, d
- deutoplasm — nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum
- devotement — The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow.
- devourment — the act of devouring
- diagometer — an instrument invented by Rousseau, formerly used to measure the electrical conductivity of substances
- diagrammed — Simple past tense and past participle of diagram.
- diamantane — (chemistry) A diamondoid consisting of two face-fused cages.
- diamantine — of or resembling diamonds
- diamondize — (transitive) To set with diamonds; to adorn or enrich.
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- diastemata — Plural form of diastema.
- diathermal — of or relating to diathermy
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- dibromides — Plural form of dibromide.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dictyosome — a Golgi body, esp in a plant cell
- dilemmatic — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- dim-witted — a stupid or slow-thinking person.
- 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.
- dimidiated — Simple past tense and past participle of dimidiate.
- diminished — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- diminishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diminish.
- diminuendo — a gradual reduction of force or loudness.
- diminutive — small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout.
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
- dimplement — the state of being dimpled
- dinnertime — the period set aside for eating dinner.
- diothelism — the doctrine that Christ on earth had two wills, human and divine
- dipchemeng — Diploma in Chemical Engineering
- diphenamid — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 16 H 17 ON, used to control weed growth on lawns and various croplands.
- diplomates — Plural form of diplomate.
- direct sum — a composition of two disjoint sets, as vector spaces, such that every element in the composition can be written uniquely as the sum of two elements, one from each of the given sets.
- diremption — a sharp division into two parts; disjunction; separation.
- disamenity — The unpleasant quality or character of something.
- disanimate — to deprive (a person or thing) of vigour or spirit
- disbarment — to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- discectomy — Surgical removal of the whole or a part of an intervertebral disc.
- disclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of disclaim.
- disclaimer — a statement, document, or assertion that disclaims responsibility, affiliation, etc.; disavowal; denial.
- 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.
- disembarks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark.
- disembogue — to discharge contents by pouring forth.
- disembosom — to reveal; divulge.