9-letter words containing s, a, d, o
- desdemona — (in Shakespeare's Othello) Othello's wife, murdered by her husband as a result of jealousy instilled by Iago.
- desolated — wretched or forlorn
- desolater — One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.
- desolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desolate.
- desolator — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- desperado — A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
- despotate — An area ruled by a despot (\u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03c0\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries).
- detonates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detonate.
- diabolism — activities designed to enlist the aid of devils, esp in witchcraft or sorcery
- diabolist — Theology. action aided or caused by the devil; sorcery; witchcraft. the character or condition of a devil. a doctrine concerning devils. a belief in or worship of devils.
- diagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- diagnoses — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- diagnosis — Diagnosis is the discovery and naming of what is wrong with someone who is ill or with something that is not working properly.
- diagonals — Plural form of diagonal.
- dialogism — a deduction with one premise and a disjunctive conclusion
- dialogist — a person who writes or takes part in a dialogue
- dialogues — Plural form of dialogue.
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- diapasons — Plural form of diapason.
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- diasporas — Plural form of diaspora.
- diaspores — Plural form of diaspore.
- diasporic — of or relating to a (or the) Diaspora
- diastolic — (of blood pressure) indicating the arterial pressure during the interval between heartbeats.
- diatomist — a person specializing in the study of diatoms
- dicacious — teasing and cheeky in the way one speaks
- dictators — Plural form of dictator.
- diglossia — the widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in different social contexts or for performing different functions, as the existence of Katharevusa and Demotic in modern Greece.
- dilations — Plural form of dilation.
- dinosaurs — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- dionysiac — of or relating to the Dionysia or to Dionysus; Bacchic.
- dionysian — of, relating to, or honoring Dionysus or Bacchus.
- diplomats — Plural form of diplomat.
- disaccord — to be out of accord; disagree.
- disallows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disallow.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- disanoint — to invalidate the anointment of (a person)
- disavowal — a disowning; repudiation; denial.
- disavowed — Deny any responsibility or support for.
- discoidal — Having the flat, circular shape of a disc or a quoit.
- discordia — the ancient Roman goddess of discord, identified with the Greek goddess Eris.
- disenamor — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disfavors — Plural form of disfavor.
- disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- dish soap — a detergent added to dishwater in order to clean dishes
- dishallow — to profane; desecrate.
- dislocate — to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- disposals — Plural form of disposal.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.
- dissocial — disinclined to or unsuitable for society; unsocial.