10-letter words containing o, c, i, d
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- despotical — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- destocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- detections — Plural form of detection.
- detoxicate — to rid (a patient) of a poison or its effects
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- devocalize — devoice.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- dhobi itch — a fungal disease of the skin: a type of ringworm chiefly affecting the groin
- diabolical — If you describe something as diabolical, you are emphasizing that it is very bad, extreme, or unpleasant.
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- diaconates — Plural form of diaconate.
- diaconicon — (in church architecture) a room where things used during the church service are stored, such as vestments; sacristy
- diacoustic — relating to refracted sounds
- diagnostic — Diagnostic equipment, methods, or systems are used for discovering what is wrong with people who are ill or with things that do not work properly.
- dialogical — of or marked by dialogue
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- dicationic — (chemistry) Having two missing electrons.
- dichloride — a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dichlorvos — an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections
- dichotomic — division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dichromism — the state of being dichromic
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dictations — Plural form of dictation.
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- dictyosome — a Golgi body, esp in a plant cell
- dicynodont — any of various extinct Triassic mammal-like reptiles having a single pair of tusklike teeth
- digoneutic — producing offspring twice yearly
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- diocletian — (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) a.d. 245–316, Illyrian soldier: emperor of Rome 284–305.
- diorthotic — involving or relating to the revision of a literary text
- diplococci — any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae.
- diplodocus — a huge herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Diplodocus, from the Late Jurassic Epoch of western North America, growing to a length of about 87 feet (26.5 meters).
- diplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- directions — the act or an instance of directing.
- directoire — noting or pertaining to the style of French furnishings and decoration of the mid-1790s, characterized by an increasing use of Greco-Roman forms along with an introduction, toward the end, of Egyptian motifs: usually includes the Consulate period.
- disaccords — Plural form of disaccord.
- discectomy — Surgical removal of the whole or a part of an intervertebral disc.
- discission — an incision of the lens of the eye, as for removal of cataract.
- disclosers — Plural form of discloser.
- disclosing — indicating or involving a substance used to reveal the presence of plaque on the teeth by staining the plaque.
- disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- discobolus — A discus thrower.