10-letter words containing s, d, i
- dewberries — Plural form of dewberry.
- dexterious — Misspelling of dextrous, alternative spelling to dexterous.
- dexterwise — on or to the right hand side (of a heraldic shield)
- dextrinase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a dextrin.
- di stéfano — Alfredo (ɑlˈfredo). 1926–2014, Argentinian-born football player, who played for Argentina, Colombia, Spain, and Real Madrid
- diacaustic — (of a caustic curve or surface) formed by refracted light rays
- diaconates — Plural form of diaconate.
- diacoustic — relating to refracted sounds
- diacritics — Plural form of diacritic.
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- diagenesis — the sum of the physical, chemical, and biological changes that take place in sediments as they become consolidated into rocks, including compaction and cementation, but excluding weathering and metamorphic changes
- diagnosing — Present participle of diagnose.
- diagnostic — Diagnostic equipment, methods, or systems are used for discovering what is wrong with people who are ill or with things that do not work properly.
- diakinesis — the final stage of the prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosomes start to separate after crossing over
- dialectics — the study of reasoning or of argumentative methodology
- dialogists — Plural form of dialogist.
- dianthuses — Plural form of dianthus.
- diapedesis — the passage of blood cells through the unruptured wall of a blood vessel into the surrounding tissues
- diaphanous — Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- diaphonous — Misspelling of diaphanous.
- diaphorase — a flavoprotein enzyme operating in mitochondria, acting as a catalyst in the process of dye reduction or oxidation
- diaphragms — Plural form of diaphragm.
- diaphyseal — the shaft of a long bone.
- diaschisis — a disturbance or loss of function in one part of the brain due to a localized injury in another part.
- diaskeuast — a person who revises, edits, or interpolates
- diastalsis — a downward wave of contraction occurring in the intestine during digestion
- diastases' — Medicine/Medical. the separation of normally joined parts, as in the dislocation of bones, without fracture.
- diastemata — Plural form of diastema.
- diatribist — a person who uses diatribes in his or her speeches or writing, etc
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- dibromides — Plural form of dibromide.
- dichlorvos — an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromism — the state of being dichromic
- dick-heads — dick (def 3).
- dickcissel — a small North American bird (Spiza americana), the male of which has a yellow breast, a black patch on its throat, and a mainly grey head
- dickensian — of Charles Dickens or his works
- dicksucker — (vulgar slang) A person who fellates men.
- dictations — Plural form of dictation.
- dictyosome — a Golgi body, esp in a plant cell
- didanosine — 2',3'-dideoxyinosine, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor effective against HIV.
- didascalic — of or relating to instruction or teaching
- diddlyshit — diddly (def 1).
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- die-sinker — a person who engraves dies for stamping coins, medals, etc
- diesel oil — a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.
- dieselling — (in a combustion engine) a fault or malfunction in which the engine continues to run after the ignition has been switched off
- dieselpunk — A postmodern genre of art as well as a budding subculture that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through World War II and ending circa 1950s (a range of time often referred to as the \u201cdiesel era\u201d by the dieselpunk community) with contemporary creations.
- dieticians — Plural form of dietician.