10-letter words containing p, e, d, i
- diaphorase — a flavoprotein enzyme operating in mitochondria, acting as a catalyst in the process of dye reduction or oxidation
- diaphyseal — the shaft of a long bone.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- didelphian — of or relating to an animal in the Didelphia subclass of mammals
- dienophile — (organic chemistry) A compound that readily reacts with a diene; especially an alkene in the Diels-Alder reaction.
- dieselpunk — A postmodern genre of art as well as a budding subculture that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through World War II and ending circa 1950s (a range of time often referred to as the \u201cdiesel era\u201d by the dieselpunk community) with contemporary creations.
- dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
- dimplement — the state of being dimpled
- dip circle — an instrument for measuring dip, consisting of a dip needle with a vertical circular scale of angles
- dip needle — an early form of magnetometer, consisting of a magnetic needle pivoted through its center of gravity and having its axis through the vertical plane of the earth's magnetic meridian so as to point in the direction of maximum magnetic intensity.
- dipchemeng — Diploma in Chemical Engineering
- dipeptides — Plural form of dipeptide.
- dipeptidyl — (biochemistry) Of or pertaining to dipeptides.
- dipetalous — bipetalous.
- diphenamid — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 16 H 17 ON, used to control weed growth on lawns and various croplands.
- diphosgene — a colorless liquid, C 2 Cl 4 O 2 , usually derived from methyl formate or methyl chloroformate by chlorination: a World War I poison gas now used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- diphtheria — a febrile, infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages, especially the throat.
- diphyletic — of or relating to a taxonomic group of organisms derived from two separate ancestral lines.
- diplomates — Plural form of diplomate.
- diplophase — the diploid part of an organism's life cycle.
- diplospeak — the polite and placatory language usually associated with diplomats
- diremption — a sharp division into two parts; disjunction; separation.
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dirt-cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- disapparel — to remove the clothing from (a person)
- disappears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disappear.
- disapplied — Simple past tense and past participle of disapply.
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- discompose — to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
- discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
- discrepant — (usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent: discrepant accounts.
- disculpate — (transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.
- disempower — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disenvelop — to unfold
- disepalous — having two sepals.
- disespouse — to divorce from (a spouse)
- disimprove — (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- disk space — a number of bytes on a disk for the storage of data
- disparaged — Simple past tense and past participle of disparage.
- disparager — to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- disparages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disparage.
- disparates — unlike things or people
- disparency — (proscribed) A significant discrepancy.
- disparlure — a pheromone, C 19 H 38 O, released by female gypsy moths.
- dispatched — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dispatcher — a person who dispatches.
- dispatches — Plural form of dispatch.
- dispelling — to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate: to dispel the dense fog.