9-letter words containing o, e, d, i
- depositum — (finance, obsolete) A deposit.
- dermatoid — resembling skin
- desertion — the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned
- desitions — Plural form of desition.
- desmodium — a genus of flowering plant, with usually unobtrusive flowers; many members are considered weeds, such as the beggarweed (Desmodium tortuosum)
- despoiled — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- despoiler — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- despotism — Despotism is cruel and unfair government by a ruler or rulers who have a lot of power.
- despotize — To behave like a despot.
- detection — Detection is the act of noticing or sensing something.
- detention — Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
- detersion — the act of cleansing or deterging, esp of sores
- detorsion — the act of, or the state of having undergone, detorting; a twisting, perversion, or distortion
- detorting — Present participle of detort.
- detortion — The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.
- detouring — Present participle of detour.
- detrition — the act of rubbing or wearing away by friction
- detrivore — (biology) Any organism that feeds on detritus.
- detrusion — the act of detruding.
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- deviation — Deviation means doing something that is different from what people consider to be normal or acceptable.
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- devil dog — a dangerously aggressive dog
- devilwood — a variety of small broadleaf evergreen tree, Osmanthus americanus, native to the southeast US
- deviously — departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect: a devious course.
- devisions — Plural form of devision: obsolete spelling of divisions.
- devoicing — the process by which a consonant that is usually voiced becomes devoiced
- devoiding — not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually followed by of).
- devolving — Present participle of devolve.
- devotions — Someone's devotions are the prayers that they say.
- devouring — Present participle of devour.
- dew point — the temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- deworming — Present participle of deworm.
- diabolize — to make (someone or something) diabolical
- diaconate — the office, sacramental status, or period of office of a deacon
- diagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- diagnoses — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- dial tone — The dial tone is the same as the dialling tone.
- dialogite — rhodochrosite.
- dialogize — to carry on a dialogue
- dialogued — Simple past tense and past participle of dialogue.
- dialogues — Plural form of dialogue.
- diamonded — Simple past tense and past participle of diamond.
- dianoetic — of or relating to thought, esp to discursive reasoning rather than intuition
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- diarrhoea — If someone has diarrhoea, a lot of liquid faeces comes out of their body because they are ill.
- diaspores — Plural form of diaspore.
- diatomite — a soft very fine-grained whitish rock consisting of the siliceous remains of diatoms deposited in the ocean or in ponds or lakes. It is used as an absorbent, filtering medium, insulator, filler, etc
- diazotize — to cause (an aryl amine) to react with nitrous acid to produce a diazonium salt
- diazotype — a print produced by the diazo process.