9-letter words containing s, i, m, o
- dimension — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dimestore — Alternative spelling of dime store.
- dimissory — dismissing or giving permission to depart.
- diplomats — Plural form of diplomat.
- disciform — resembling the shape of a disc
- discomfit — to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
- discommon — (at Oxford and Cambridge) to prohibit (tradespeople or townspeople who have violated the regulations of the university) from dealing with the undergraduates.
- discotomy — (surgery) alternative spelling of discectomy.
- disembody — to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
- disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- disenamor — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disentomb — to remove from the tomb; disinter.
- disformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disform.
- dishumour — to upset or offend
- disinform — to give or supply disinformation to.
- dismounts — Plural form of dismount.
- dogmatics — the study of the arrangement and statement of religious doctrines, especially of the doctrines received in and taught by the Christian church.
- dogmatise — to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
- dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
- dogmatist — a person who asserts his or her opinions in an unduly positive or arrogant manner; a dogmatic person.
- dolomites — a very common mineral, calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg(CO 3) 2 , occurring in crystals and in masses.
- domainist — (jargon) /doh-mayn'ist/ 1. Said of a domain address (as opposed to a bang path) because the part to the right of the "@" specifies a nested series of "domains"; for example, [email protected] specifies the machine called snark in the subdomain called thyrsus within the top-level domain called com. See also big-endian. 2. Said of a site, mailer or routing program which knows how to handle domainist addresses. 3. Said of a person (especially a site admin) who prefers domain addressing, supports a domainist mailer, or proselytises for domainist addressing and disdains bang paths. This term is now (1993) semi-obsolete, as most sites have converted.
- domestics — Plural form of domestic.
- domiciles — Plural form of domicile.
- dominants — Plural form of dominant.
- dominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dominate.
- domineers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of domineer.
- dominions — the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
- 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.
- dragonism — a strict and domineering manner
- duotheism — Belief in and worship in two deities, usually framed as a god and goddess of roughly equal power.
- ecologism — An ideology focusing on ecology and the environment.
- economics — (used with a singular verb) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.
- economies — Plural form of economy.
- economise — to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
- economism — the theory or practice of assigning primary importance to the economy or to economic achievement.
- economist — a specialist in economics.
- egonomics — The act or practice of self-management.
- egotheism — The deification of one's own self.
- eightsome — A group of eight persons or things, one more than a sevensome and one less than a ninesome.
- elaiosome — an oil-rich body on seeds or fruits that attracts ants, which act as dispersal agents
- embolisms — Plural form of embolism.
- embossing — Present participle of emboss.
- emissions — Plural form of emission.
- emoticons — Plural form of emoticon.
- emotivism — An ethical theory that regards ethical and value judgments as expressions of feeling or attitude and prescriptions of action, rather than assertions or reports of anything.
- emotivist — Pertaining to emotivism.
- emporiums — Plural form of emporium.
- emulsions — Plural form of emulsion.