7-letter words containing p, i
- diopter — 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.
- dioptra — Alternative form of diopter.
- dioptre — 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.
- dip net — a net attached to the end of a long pole, used to catch fish
- dip out — to miss out on or fail to participate in something
- dip-net — to scoop (fish) from water with a dip net.
- diphase — having two phases; two-phase.
- diphone — a unit of speech made up of two simple speech sounds known as phones
- dipinto — (archaeology, epigraphy) a sketched or painted (as opposed to engraved) inscription.
- diploic — of or relating to diploë
- diploid — double; twofold.
- diploma — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
- diplont — the diploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- dipnoan — belonging or pertaining to the order Dipnoi, comprising the lungfishes.
- dipodal — (organic chemistry) Describing any compound in which two (of the same) functional groups are on two separate chains.
- dipodic — a group of two feet in English poetry, in which one of the two accented syllables bears primary stress and the other bears secondary stress, used as a prosodic measurement in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse.
- dipolar — Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- dippers — Plural form of dipper.
- dipping — Present participle of dip.
- dipshit — a stupid or despicable person.
- diptera — the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- diptote — a substantive declined in only two cases, especially when occurring in a language in which this is less than the normal number.
- diptych — a hinged two-leaved tablet used in ancient times for writing on with a stylus.
- dirempt — to separate (something) forcefully or violently
- discept — To debate; to discuss.
- discerp — To tear into pieces; to rend.
- dish up — provide
- dishmop — a mop used to wash dishes
- dishpan — a large pan in which dishes, pots, etc., are washed.
- disiple — (language, DSP) A DSP language.
- dispace — to move or travel about
- dispair — (transitive) To separate (a pair).
- dispand — (obsolete) To spread out; to expand.
- dispark — to release from confinement
- dispart — (now rare) To part, separate.
- dispell — Alternative form of dispel.
- dispels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispel.
- dispend — to pay out; expend; spend.
- dispise — Obsolete spelling of despise.
- display — to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
- dispone — to arrange
- disport — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dispose — to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
- dispost — (transitive) To eject from a post; to displace.
- dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
- disrupt — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- dnieper — a river rising in the W Russian Federation flowing S through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Ukraine to the Black Sea. 1400 miles (2250 km) long.
- dogpile — A mound of people, especially people who are fighting or celebrating.
- dogship — the condition or qualities of a dog
- dolphin — any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection.