10-letter words containing o, s, m, i
- cosmoramic — of or relating to a cosmorama
- costumiers — Plural form of costumier.
- cottierism — (in Ireland) the system of cottier tenure
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- crimsoning — Present participle of crimson.
- cristiform — crest-shaped
- crocosmias — Plural form of crocosmia.
- crossclaim — a secondary claim brought by a defendant in a lawsuit on a co-defendant
- cuneiforms — Plural form of cuneiform.
- customised — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- customized — modified according to a customer's individual requirements
- customizer — a person who customizes
- customizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of customize.
- damnations — Plural form of damnation.
- damoiselle — a damsel
- demagogism — The practices and principles of a demagogue; a pandering to the multitude for selfish ends.
- demantoids — Plural form of demantoid.
- demob suit — a suit of civilian clothes issued to a demobilized soldier, esp at the end of World War II
- demobilise — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- demoiselle — a small crane, Anthropoides virgo, of central Asia, N Africa, and SE Europe, having grey plumage with long black breast feathers and white ear tufts
- demolished — to lay waste to; ruin utterly: The fire demolished the area.
- demolisher — One who demolishes.
- demolishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demolish.
- demonetise — To remove the status of legal tender from a coin etc. and remove it from circulation.
- demonising — Present participle of demonise.
- demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- dermatosis — any skin disease
- des moines — a city in S central Iowa: state capital. Pop: 196 093 (2003 est)
- desmoulins — (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoît) (kamij). 1760–94, French revolutionary leader, pamphleteer, and orator
- despotisms — Plural form of despotism.
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- dibromides — Plural form of dibromide.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromism — the state of being dichromic
- dictyosome — a Golgi body, esp in a plant cell
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- dime store — five-and-ten (def 1).
- dimensions — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of two forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species. Compare sexual dimorphism.
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- diothelism — the doctrine that Christ on earth had two wills, human and divine
- diplomates — Plural form of diplomate.
- dipsomania — an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drink.
- discectomy — Surgical removal of the whole or a part of an intervertebral disc.
- discomania — Enthusiasm for disco music.
- discomfits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discomfit.
- discomfort — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- discommend — to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.