9-letter words containing s, d, a
- dew snail — a slug
- dharmsala — an Indian hostel or rest-house, often built with religious purpose
- diabesity — Used to refer to a form of diabetes that typically develops in later life and is associated with being obese.
- diabetics — Plural form of diabetic.
- 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.
- diaclasis — (medicine) Osteoclasis.
- diaereses — Plural form of diaeresis.
- diaeresis — the mark ¨, in writing placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that it is to be pronounced separately rather than forming a diphthong with the first, as in some spellings of coöperate, naïve, etc
- 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.
- diagraphs — Plural form of diagraph.
- 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.
- dialysate — (in the process of dialysis) the fluid passing through the dialyser, used for drawing toxins out of the patient's blood stream
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- dianetics — A discipline devised by w L. Ron Hubbard designed to heal psychosomatic illnesses by cleansing the mind of engrams.
- diapasons — Plural form of diapason.
- diapauses — Plural form of diapause.
- diapensia — An evergreen arctic shrub, Diapensia lapponica.
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- diaphyses — Plural form of diaphysis.
- diaphysis — the shaft of a long bone
- diapirism — the existence of diapirs
- diapyesis — the discharge of pus
- diarising — Present participle of diarise.
- diaristic — stylistically like a diary
- diarrheas — Plural form of diarrhea.
- diasporas — Plural form of diaspora.
- diaspores — Plural form of diaspore.
- diasporic — of or relating to a (or the) Diaspora
- diastases — Medicine/Medical. the separation of normally joined parts, as in the dislocation of bones, without fracture.
- diastasis — the separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone
- diastatic — Biochemistry. of or relating to diastase. having the properties of diastase: diastatic action.
- diastemic — a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- diastolic — (of blood pressure) indicating the arterial pressure during the interval between heartbeats.
- diasystem — a linguistic system forming a common denominator for a group or set of dialects.
- diatheses — Plural form of diathesis.
- diathesis — a hereditary or acquired susceptibility of the body to one or more diseases
- diatomist — a person specializing in the study of diatoms
- diatribes — Plural form of diatribe.
- diazeuxis — the separation of two tetrachords by the interval of a tone
- dicacious — teasing and cheeky in the way one speaks
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dichasium — a cymose inflorescence in which each branch bearing a flower gives rise to two other flowering branches, as in the stitchwort