9-letter words containing m, e, r
- demergers — Plural form of demerger.
- demerging — Present participle of demerge.
- demersion — immersion in a fluid
- demetrias — an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- demigrate — (obsolete) To emigrate.
- demisters — Plural form of demister.
- demiurges — Plural form of demiurge.
- demiurgic — Philosophy. Platonism. the artificer of the world. (in the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
- demiworld — demimonde (defs 4, 5).
- democracy — A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- democrazy — A democratic system or state considered to be inauthentic or inherently flawed; democracy that has descended into corruption, injustice, or absurdity.
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- demurrage — the delaying of a ship, railway wagon, etc, caused by the charterer's failure to load, unload, etc, before the time of scheduled departure
- demurrers — Plural form of demurrer.
- demurring — Present participle of demur.
- dendrimer — a type of polymer defined by regular branches from a central monomer, which give it a tree-like molecular structure
- dentiform — shaped like a tooth
- denturism — the practice by denturists of making artificial dentures and fitting them to patients.
- depriment — Serving to depress.
- deprogram — to cause to abandon a rigid commitment to certain beliefs, values, etc., as those of a religious cult, by undoing the effects of indoctrination
- dermatoid — resembling skin
- dermatome — a surgical instrument for cutting thin slices of skin, esp for grafting
- dermestid — any beetle of the family Dermestidae, whose members are destructive at both larval and adult stages to a wide range of stored organic materials such as wool, fur, feathers, and meat. They include the bacon (or larder), cabinet, carpet, leather, and museum beetles
- determent — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
- determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- detriment — If something happens to the detriment of something or to a person's detriment, it causes harm or damage to them.
- deuterium — a stable isotope of hydrogen, occurring in natural hydrogen (156 parts per million) and in heavy water: used as a tracer in chemistry and biology. Symbol: D or 2H; atomic no: 1; atomic wt: 2.014; boiling pt: –249.7°C
- deworming — Present participle of deworm.
- diagramed — Simple past tense and past participle of diagram.
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- diametral — located on or forming a diameter
- diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter
- diathermy — local heating of the body tissues with an electric current for medical or surgical purposes
- diatretum — a type of decorative Roman bowl or cup made of glass
- dibromide — a chemical compound that contains two bromine atoms per molecule
- dimercury — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two mercury atoms in a molecule.
- dimerises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dimerise.
- dimestore — Alternative spelling of dime store.
- dirigisme — Any economy in which the government exerts a strong directive influence, often with substantial, but not all, of the characteristics of a centrally planned economy.
- discumber — (archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
- disembark — to go ashore from a ship.
- disenamor — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disform.
- disimmure — to release from confinement
- dismember — to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb: The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them.
- distemper — Art. a technique of decorative painting in which glue or gum is used as a binder or medium to achieve a mat surface and rapid drying. (formerly) the tempera technique.
- diverbium — the spoken part of an ancient Roman drama.
- doggerman — a sailor on a dogger