9-letter words containing t, i, m, d
- disentomb — to remove from the tomb; disinter.
- disesteem — to hold in low regard; think unfavorably of.
- dismality — the quality of being dismal
- dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- dismasted — Simple past tense and past participle of dismast.
- dismounts — Plural form of dismount.
- dismutase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze dismutation reactions.
- distemper — Art. a technique of decorative painting in which glue or gum is used as a binder or medium to achieve a mat surface and rapid drying. (formerly) the tempera technique.
- dithelism — the belief that Christ had two wills, human and divine
- dithyramb — a Greek choral song or chant of vehement or wild character and of usually irregular form, originally in honor of Dionysus or Bacchus.
- 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.
- dogmatize — to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
- dolomites — a very common mineral, calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg(CO 3) 2 , occurring in crystals and in masses.
- dolomitic — (geology) Of, pertaining to or containing dolomite.
- 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.
- dominants — Plural form of dominant.
- dominated — to rule over; govern; control.
- dominates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dominate.
- dominator — to rule over; govern; control.
- domitable — Able to be tamed or bent to one's will; tamable, subduable.
- dormition — the process of falling asleep
- dormitive — having the effect of inducing sleep
- dormitory — a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
- 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.
- down-time — (jargon) A period of time during which a (computer) system is not operational, due to a malfunction or maintenance.
- dramatics — (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas.
- dramatise — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dramatist — a writer of dramas or dramatic poetry; playwright.
- dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dreamiest — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreamtime — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- drum into — instill by repetition
- drumstick — a stick for beating a drum.
- duotheism — Belief in and worship in two deities, usually framed as a god and goddess of roughly equal power.
- dust mite — any of various mites, especially Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and D. farinae, that ingest shed skin cells and may cause allergic reactions.
- dynamited — Simple past tense and past participle of dynamite.
- dynamiter — A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully.
- dynamites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dynamite.
- dynamitic — relating to dynamite or those who use dynamite for illegal reasons
- dysmetria — the inability to conform muscular action to desired movements because of faulty judgment of distance.
- dysthymia — depression; despondency or a tendency to be despondent.
- dysthymic — A person diagnosed with dysthymia, or dysthymic depression.
- emaciated — Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
- emigrated — Simple past tense and past participle of emigrate.
- estimated — Simple past tense and past participle of estimate.