14-letter words containing m, i, d
- dismissiveness — A form of denial, characterized by either passively showing indifference or disregard, or actively dismissing or rejecting ideas or evidence.
- displenishment — the act of displenishing
- dissimilitudes — Plural form of dissimilitude.
- dissimulations — Plural form of dissimulation.
- dissolutionism — the beliefs and practices of dissolutionists
- distemperature — a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.
- diurnal motion — the apparent daily motion, caused by the earth's rotation, of celestial bodies across the sky.
- divertissement — a diversion or entertainment.
- documentalists — Plural form of documentalist.
- documentarians — Plural form of documentarian.
- documentations — (very,rare) Plural form of documentation.
- dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
- dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
- dogwood family — the plant family Cornaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple opposite leaves, small flowers often surrounded by showy, petallike bracts, and berrylike fruit, including the bunchberry, cornelian cherry, and dogwood.
- dolomitization — the conversion of limestone into dolomite.
- domain address — (networking) The name of a host on the Internet belonging to the hierarchy of Internet domains.
- domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
- domestic court — (in England) a magistrates' court for domestic proceedings, such as matrimonial, guardianship, custodianship, affiliation, or adoption disputes
- domestic rates — a type of taxation system used to fund local government
- domestic staff — servants
- domestications — Plural form of domestication.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- draconic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- dramatic irony — irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
- dramatisations — Plural form of dramatisation.
- dramatizations — Plural form of dramatization.
- dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
- driving mirror — (in a vehicle) the rear-view mirror
- drummond light — calcium light.
- duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
- dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
- dumbfoundingly — In a dumbfounding manner.
- dummy variable — a variable appearing in a mathematical expression that can be replaced by any arbitrary variable, not occurring in the expression, without affecting the value of the whole
- dumping ground — dump (def 17).
- dumping-ground — dump (def 17).
- dutch medicine — patent medicine, esp made of herbs
- dyalog limited — (company) The company that distributes Dyalog APL. Previously known as Dyadic Systems Limited.
- dynamic typing — (programming) Enforcement of type rules at run time as opposed to compile time. Dynamic typing catches more errors as run-time exceptions than static typing.
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- dysequilibrium — Alternative form of disequilibrium.
- e-mail address — electronic mail address
- echocardiogram — a graphic record produced by an echocardiograph.
- economic model — model (def 10).
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- edaphic climax — a localized climax community that may differ from the surrounding climax vegetation by reason of slightly differing soil type, exposure to sun and wind, drainage, etc.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
- eminent domain — government seizure of property
- empire-builder — a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff
- encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.