8-letter words containing t, i, o, n
- denotify — (transitive, India) To repeal the categorization of (a tribe) as criminal under the w Criminal Tribes Act.
- denoting — to be a mark or sign of; indicate: A fever often denotes an infection.
- denotive — used or serving to denote; denotative.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- desition — An end, ending or conclusion.
- detoxing — Present participle of detox.
- deuotion — Obsolete spelling of devotion.
- devoting — to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc.: to devote one's time to reading.
- devotion — Devotion is great love, affection, or admiration for someone.
- dewpoint — temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- diamonte — A seven-line poem describing two opposite subjects using only adjectives, nouns and participles.
- diatonic — of, relating to, or based upon any scale of five tones and two semitones produced by playing the white keys of a keyboard instrument, esp the natural major or minor scales forming the basis of the key system in Western music
- dication — (chemistry) Any cation, of general formula X2+, formed by the removal of two electrons from a neutral species.
- dictions — style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction.
- dig into — to penetrate by or as by digging
- digitron — a type of tube, for displaying information, having a common anode and several cathodes shaped in the form of characters, which can be lit by a glow discharge
- diketone — a compound containing two C=O groups, as CH 3 COCOCH 3 .
- dilation — the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- dilution — the act of diluting or the state of being diluted.
- dine out — to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
- dinitro- — (of a chemical) containing two nitrogen groups in place of two hydrogen atoms
- dip into — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- dipteron — a dipterous insect.
- dipthong — Obsolete spelling of diphthong.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- disjoint — to separate or disconnect the joints or joinings of.
- dismount — to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
- dittoing — Present participle of ditto.
- doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
- dominant — ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command.
- dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
- domitian — (Titus Flavius Domitianus Augustus) a.d. 51–96, Roman emperor 81–96.
- donating — Present participle of donate.
- donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- donative — a gift or donation.
- dongting — a lake in S China, in NE Hunan province: main outlet flows to the Yangtze; rice-growing in winter. Area: (in winter) 3900 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- dormient — sleeping; dormant.
- dotation — an endowment.
- dotingly — In a doting manner.
- dottings — Plural form of dotting.
- doubting — Present participle of doubt.
- downiest — Superlative form of downy.
- downtick — a decline or deterioration in business activity, in mood, etc.
- downtime — a time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive.
- drink to — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- duettino — a duet that is brief and to the point
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).