9-letter words containing r, i, e, m
- demurring — Present participle of demur.
- dendrimer — a type of polymer defined by regular branches from a central monomer, which give it a tree-like molecular structure
- dentiform — shaped like a tooth
- denturism — the practice by denturists of making artificial dentures and fitting them to patients.
- depriment — Serving to depress.
- dermatoid — resembling skin
- dermestid — any beetle of the family Dermestidae, whose members are destructive at both larval and adult stages to a wide range of stored organic materials such as wool, fur, feathers, and meat. They include the bacon (or larder), cabinet, carpet, leather, and museum beetles
- determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- detriment — If something happens to the detriment of something or to a person's detriment, it causes harm or damage to them.
- deuterium — a stable isotope of hydrogen, occurring in natural hydrogen (156 parts per million) and in heavy water: used as a tracer in chemistry and biology. Symbol: D or 2H; atomic no: 1; atomic wt: 2.014; boiling pt: –249.7°C
- deworming — Present participle of deworm.
- diagramed — Simple past tense and past participle of diagram.
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- diametral — located on or forming a diameter
- diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter
- diathermy — local heating of the body tissues with an electric current for medical or surgical purposes
- diatretum — a type of decorative Roman bowl or cup made of glass
- dibromide — a chemical compound that contains two bromine atoms per molecule
- dimercury — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two mercury atoms in a molecule.
- dimerises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dimerise.
- dimestore — Alternative spelling of dime store.
- dirigisme — Any economy in which the government exerts a strong directive influence, often with substantial, but not all, of the characteristics of a centrally planned economy.
- discumber — (archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
- disembark — to go ashore from a ship.
- disenamor — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disform.
- disimmure — to release from confinement
- dismember — to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb: The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them.
- distemper — Art. a technique of decorative painting in which glue or gum is used as a binder or medium to achieve a mat surface and rapid drying. (formerly) the tempera technique.
- diverbium — the spoken part of an ancient Roman drama.
- domineers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of domineer.
- dormitive — having the effect of inducing sleep
- dormobile — a vanlike vehicle specially equipped for living in while travelling
- dosimeter — a device carried on the person for measuring the quantity of ionizing radiation, as gamma rays, to which one has been exposed.
- dosimetry — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- dramamine — dimenhydrinate
- dramatise — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dreamiest — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreamlike — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- dreamtime — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- drepanium — a type of flower cluster shaped like a sickle
- dulcimers — Plural form of dulcimer.
- dynamiter — A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully.
- dysmetria — the inability to conform muscular action to desired movements because of faulty judgment of distance.
- ectomeric — Of, or relating to an ectomere- any of the blastomeres from which the ectoderm forms.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- egg timer — a small hourglass or clock device running about three to five minutes, used to time the boiling of an egg.
- elaterium — a greenish sediment prepared from the juice of the squirting cucumber, used as a purgative
- embarking — Present participle of embark.