9-letter words containing m, t
- documents — Plural form of document.
- dogmatics — the study of the arrangement and statement of religious doctrines, especially of the doctrines received in and taught by the Christian church.
- dogmatise — to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
- dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
- dogmatist — a person who asserts his or her opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner; a dogmatic person.
- dogmatize — to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
- dogmatory — dogmatic
- dolmetsch — Arnold. 1858–1940, British musician, born in France. He contributed greatly to the revival of interest in early music and instruments
- dolomites — a very common mineral, calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg(CO 3) 2 , occurring in crystals and in masses.
- dolomitic — (geology) Of, pertaining to or containing dolomite.
- domainist — (jargon) /doh-mayn'ist/ 1. Said of a domain address (as opposed to a bang path) because the part to the right of the "@" specifies a nested series of "domains"; for example, [email protected] specifies the machine called snark in the subdomain called thyrsus within the top-level domain called com. See also big-endian. 2. Said of a site, mailer or routing program which knows how to handle domainist addresses. 3. Said of a person (especially a site admin) who prefers domain addressing, supports a domainist mailer, or proselytises for domainist addressing and disdains bang paths. This term is now (1993) semi-obsolete, as most sites have converted.
- domestics — Plural form of domestic.
- dominants — Plural form of dominant.
- dominated — to rule over; govern; control.
- dominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dominate.
- dominator — to rule over; govern; control.
- domitable — Able to be tamed or bent to one's will; tamable, subduable.
- doomsters — Plural form of doomster.
- doomwatch — surveillance of the environment to warn of and prevent harm to it from human factors such as pollution or overpopulation
- dormition — the process of falling asleep
- dormitive — having the effect of inducing sleep
- dormitory — a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
- dosemeter — Alternative form of dosimeter.
- dosimeter — a device carried on the person for measuring the quantity of ionizing radiation, as gamma rays, to which one has been exposed.
- dosimetry — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- dotcommer — a company doing business mostly or solely on the Internet.
- down-time — (jargon) A period of time during which a (computer) system is not operational, due to a malfunction or maintenance.
- draftsman — draughtsman (def 1).
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- dramatics — (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas.
- dramatise — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dramatist — a writer of dramas or dramatic poetry; playwright.
- dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dramaturg — a specialist in dramaturgy, especially one who acts as a consultant to a theater company, advising them on possible repertory.
- dreamboat — a highly attractive or desirable person.
- dreamiest — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreamtime — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- drum into — instill by repetition
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- drumettes — Plural form of drumette.
- drumstick — a stick for beating a drum.
- dry steam — steam that does not contain droplets of water
- dumaguete — a city on S Negros, in the S central Philippines.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- dumptruck — a small truck used on building sites, having a load-bearing container at the front that can be tipped up to unload the contents
- duotheism — Belief in and worship in two deities, usually framed as a god and goddess of roughly equal power.
- durometer — a device for measuring the hardness of materials, especially metals.
- dust mite — any of various mites, especially Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and D. farinae, that ingest shed skin cells and may cause allergic reactions.
- duststorm — Phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow particles up in a planet's atmosphere.