8-letter words containing p, i, s
- despiser — to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
- despises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despise.
- despited — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- despites — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
- diapason — either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- diapause — a period of suspended development and growth accompanied by decreased metabolism in insects and some other animals. It is correlated with seasonal changes
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- diaspora — the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)
- dickslap — (slang, rare) An objectionable person.
- digraphs — Plural form of digraph.
- diopside — a monoclinic pyroxene mineral, calcium magnesium silicate, CaMg(SiO 3) 2 , occurring in various colors, usually in crystals.
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- diopters — Plural form of diopter.
- dioptres — Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- diphasic — having two phases; two-phase.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- diplosis — the doubling of the chromosome number by the union of the haploid sets in the union of gametes.
- dipnoous — having both lungs and gills for breathing
- dipodies — Plural form of dipody.
- dippings — Plural form of dipping.
- dipsetic — Tending to produce thirst.
- dipsosis — (medicine) Any condition characterized by excessive thirst.
- dipstick — a rod for measuring the depth of a liquid; especially, a thin metal rod used to measure the oil level in the crankcase of an automotive engine.
- dipteros — (in ancient Greece) a building with a double colonnade on all sides
- diptychs — Plural form of diptych.
- disapply — (transitive, legal) To decline to apply a rule or law that previously applied.
- disciple — Religion. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1. any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.
- dish top — a circular table top upturned at the edge.
- dishpans — Plural form of dishpan.
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dispeace — an absence of peace
- dispence — Obsolete form of dispense.
- dispense — to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
- dispermy — the fertilization of an ovum by two spermatozoa.
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- dispirit — to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.
- dispised — Simple past tense and past participle of dispise.
- displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- displant — to dislodge.
- displays — Plural form of display.
- displume — to strip of plumes; deplume.
- disponee — the person whom something is disponed to
- disponer — someone who dispones
- disports — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disport.
- disposal — availability for use
- disposed — having a certain inclination or disposition; inclined (usually followed by to or an infinitive): a man disposed to like others.
- disposer — a person or thing that disposes.
- disposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispose.