9-letter words containing s, i, o
- customize — If you customize something, you change its appearance or features to suit your tastes or needs.
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- cystiform — resembling a cyst
- cystolith — a knoblike deposit of calcium carbonate in the epidermal cells of such plants as the stinging nettle
- cytokines — Plural form of cytokine.
- cytolysin — a substance that can partially or completely destroy animal cells
- cytolysis — the dissolution of cells, esp by the destruction of their membranes
- cytosolic — of or relating to a cytosol
- cytotaxis — movement of cells due to external stimulation
- d'amboise — Jacques [French zhahk] /French ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), (Joseph) born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer.
- dacquoise — a cake with nut meringue layers and buttercream
- daffodils — Plural form of daffodil.
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- daltonism — colour blindness, esp the confusion of red and green
- dawsonite — a mineral that is made up of sodium and aluminium hydrous carbonate and occurs in crystalline form
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decession — a going away, lessening, or weakening
- deciduous — A deciduous tree or bush is one that loses its leaves in the autumn every year.
- decisions — A conclusion or resolution reached after consideration.
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decodings — Plural form of decoding.
- decurions — Plural form of decurion.
- decursion — a military exercise performed by men bearing arms
- deionised — Alternative spelling of deionized.
- deionizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deionize.
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- deisolate — to remove from isolation.
- deletions — Plural form of deletion.
- delicious — very enjoyable; delightful
- delirious — Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they are very ill and have a fever.
- delousing — Present participle of delouse.
- delusions — Plural form of delusion.
- demersion — immersion in a fluid
- demijohns — Plural form of demijohn.
- demission — relinquishment of or abdication from an office, responsibility, etc
- demoniacs — Plural form of demoniac.
- demonised — to turn into a demon or make demonlike.
- demonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demonize.
- demotions — Plural form of demotion.
- deodorise — Alternative spelling of deodorize.
- deoxidise — Alternative spelling of deoxidize.
- deposited — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- depositor — A bank's depositors are the people who have accounts with that bank.
- depositum — (finance, obsolete) A deposit.
- desertion — the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned
- desitions — Plural form of desition.
- desmodium — a genus of flowering plant, with usually unobtrusive flowers; many members are considered weeds, such as the beggarweed (Desmodium tortuosum)
- despoiled — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- despoiler — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.