8-letter words containing s, i, y
- dialysis — Dialysis or kidney dialysis is a method of treating kidney failure by using a machine to remove waste material from the kidneys.
- dialyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dialyze.
- diastyle — having columns about three diameters apart
- didymous — in pairs or in two parts
- dionysia — The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
- dionysus — the god of fertility, wine, and drama; Bacchus.
- diptychs — Plural form of diptych.
- disapply — (transitive, legal) To decline to apply a rule or law that previously applied.
- disarray — to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
- discandy — to melt or dissolve
- disloyal — false to one's obligations or allegiances; not loyal; faithless; treacherous.
- dismally — causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- dismayed — to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
- disneyfy — to create or alter in a simplified, sentimentalized, or contrived form or manner: museums that have become Disneyfied to attract more visitors.
- disobeys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disobey.
- dispermy — the fertilization of an ovum by two spermatozoa.
- displays — Plural form of display.
- distally — situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal. Compare proximal.
- disunify — to destroy the unity of.
- disunity — lack of unity or accord.
- diversly — (archaic) In a divers way; severally, variously.
- dizygous — Dizygotic.
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- dowdyish — Like a dowdy; frumpy.
- dowdyism — the quality of being dowdy
- dressily — in a dressy manner
- drowsily — half-asleep; sleepy.
- dry sink — a wooden kitchen sink, especially of the 19th century, not connected to an external water supply, with a shallow zinc- or tin-lined well on top in which a dishpan can be placed, and usually a cupboard below.
- dry suit — a close-fitting, double-layered synthetic garment worn by a scuba diver in especially cold water, protecting the skin from contact with water and having an internal, warming layer of air that can be added to in order to equalize pressure during descent.
- dubinsky — David, 1892–1982, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland: president of the I.L.G.W.U. 1932–66.
- dudishly — In a dudish manner.
- dumosity — the condition of being filled with bushes
- dynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dynamism — The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
- dynamist — A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
- dynastic — Pertaining to a dynasty.
- dysgenic — pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
- dysgonic — growing poorly on artificial media, as certain bacteria (opposed to eugonic).
- dyslalia — an inability to speak due to a defect of the organs of speech.
- dyslexia — any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.
- dyslexic — a person subject to or having dyslexia.
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- dysmelic — having or relating to dysmelia
- dysosmia — an impairment of the sense of smell.
- dyspneic — difficult or labored breathing.
- dystaxia — (pathology, rare) ataxia.
- dystaxic — relating to or affected by dystaxia
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.