11-letter words containing t, i, s
- devitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitalize.
- devitrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitrify.
- devotionals — Plural form of devotional.
- devotionist — a person who practises formal devotion
- dexterities — Plural form of dexterity.
- diacoustics — the branch of physics that deals with refracted sound
- diagnostics — the art or practice of diagnosis, esp of diseases
- dialogistic — a speaker in a dialogue.
- diapositive — a positive transparency; slide
- 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
- diastematic — characterized by diastema
- 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.
- dicasteries — Plural form of dicastery.
- 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
- didacticism — intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
- die casting — the process of making a casting by forcing molten metal into a metallic mold, or die, under great pressure
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- diffusivity — the property of a substance indicative of the rate at which a thermal disturbance, as a rise in temperature, will be transmitted through the substance.
- 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.
- digestively — In a digestive manner; by means of digestion.
- digitalised — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digitalises — any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
- dignitaries — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- dilatations — Plural form of dilatation.
- dilettantes — Plural form of dilettante.
- diluvialist — a person who believes in the theory of diluvialism
- dim-sighted — with weak or indistinct vision
- diminutions — Plural form of diminution.
- diminutives — Plural form of diminutive.
- dimitrios i — (Dimitrios Papadopoulos) 1914–91, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church 1972–91.
- dinner suit — a dinner jacket and trousers, often worn with a bow tie at formal events
- diopsimeter — an instrument for measuring the field of vision.
- dipeptidase — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of dipeptides.
- diphosphate — a pyrophosphate.
- diphysitism — the belief that in Christ two distinct natures, the human and the divine, existed together
- 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
- disablement — to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb. He was disabled by the accident.