11-letter words containing t, i, s, o
- diarthroses — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
- diarthrosis — any freely movable joint, such as the shoulder and hip joints
- diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
- diatessaron — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fourth
- diatonicism — the use of diatonic harmony; composition in a diatonic idiom.
- dichotomies — Botany. a mode of branching by constant forking, as in some stems, in veins of leaves, etc.
- dichotomise — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomist — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dictyostele — a form of stele found in some ferns, containing so many gaps that it is like a network of separate strands
- digestional — the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up physically, as by the action of the teeth, and chemically, as by the action of enzymes, and converted into a substance suitable for absorption and assimilation into the body.
- dilatations — Plural form of dilatation.
- diminutions — Plural form of diminution.
- dimitrios i — (Dimitrios Papadopoulos) 1914–91, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church 1972–91.
- diopsimeter — an instrument for measuring the field of vision.
- diphosphate — a pyrophosphate.
- diplomatese — the type of language or jargon used by diplomats, thought to be excessively complicated, cautious, or vague
- diplomatics — the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like.
- diplomatist — British Older Use. a Foreign Office employee officially engaged as a diplomat.
- diprotodons — Plural form of diprotodon.
- direct cost — a cost that can be related directly to the production of a product or to a particular function or service.
- directories — directory
- disaccustom — to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
- disafforest — To deforest.
- disappoints — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disappoint.
- disasterous — Misspelling of disastrous.
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
- disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
- discerption — The action of pulling something apart.
- discolorate — (transitive, dated) To discolor.
- discomfited — Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
- discomforts — Plural form of discomfort.
- discomycete — any of a group of fungi considered as belonging to the class Ascomycetes of the kingdom Plantae, including cup fungi, morels, and truffles, characterized by a cup-shaped or disk-shaped fruiting body.
- disconcerts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disconcert.
- disconnects — Plural form of disconnect.
- discontents — Plural form of discontent.
- discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- discotheque — a nightclub for dancing to live or recorded music and often featuring sophisticated sound systems, elaborate lighting, and other effects.
- discounters — Plural form of discounter.
- discounting — Present participle of discount.
- discourtesy — lack or breach of courtesy; incivility; rudeness.
- discoverist — advocating or using the discovery method.
- discreation — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- discreditor — One who discredits.
- discretions — Plural form of discretion.
- disenthrone — to dethrone.
- disentombed — Simple past tense and past participle of disentomb.
- disfunction — dysfunction.
- dish it out — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.