10-letter words containing di
- districted — Simple past tense and past participle of district.
- distringas — (legal) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.
- distrouble — to trouble; to interrupt
- distrusted — Simple past tense and past participle of distrust.
- disturbant — having a disturbing effect, disquieting
- disturbing — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- disulfides — Plural form of disulfide.
- disulfiram — a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration.
- disulfoton — a pale-yellow, highly toxic liquid, C 8 H 19 O 2 PS 3 , used as an insecticide and miticide.
- disulfuric — pyrosulfuric.
- disulphate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- disulphide — (in inorganic chemistry) a sulfide containing two atoms of sulfur, as carbon disulfide, CS 2 .
- disunified — to destroy the unity of.
- disuniting — Present participle of disunite.
- disutility — the quality of causing inconvenience, harm, distress, etc.
- disvaluing — Present participle of disvalue.
- disworship — to refuse to revere or worship
- disyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to two syllables.
- disyllable — a word of two syllables.
- ditch-moss — elodea.
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.
- ditheistic — Of or pertaining to ditheism, the belief in two gods.
- ditheletic — of or relating to dithelism
- ditherings — Plural form of dithering.
- dithionate — a salt of dithionic acid.
- dithionite — any salt of dithionous acid
- dithionous — as in dithionous acid
- dithyrambs — Plural form of dithyramb.
- ditriglyph — the distance, on centers, between a metope and the second one distant.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- ditto mark — Often, ditto marks. two small marks (″) indicating the repetition of something, usually placed beneath the thing repeated.
- dittograph — an instance of dittography; a passage containing reduplicated syllables, letters, etc.
- diurnalist — a person who writes a diurnal; a journalist
- diuturnity — a long period of time; lastingness
- divagation — to wander; stray.
- divaricate — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- dive brake — a flap deployed from the wings or fuselage of an aircraft, as a dive bomber or sailplane, that increases drag to permit a relatively steep angle of descent without a dangerous buildup in speed.
- dive table — Often, dive tables. a numerical table used by scuba divers to determine time limits of dives, according to depth, as well as possible decompression delays during ascent and requisite surface intervals between dives.
- divemaster — a professional qualified to oversee scuba diving operations, as in salvage work or at a resort, and responsible for procedures and safety, monitoring the whereabouts of divers underwater or at the surface, and making rescues when necessary.
- divergence — the act, fact, or amount of diverging: a divergence in opinion.
- divergency — divergence; deviation.
- diversions — Plural form of diversion.
- divertible — to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
- divestible — capable of being divested, as an estate in land.
- divestment — the act of divesting.
- divide off — If something divides an area off, it forms a barrier that keeps it separate from another area.
- dividendus — (in prescriptions) meant to be divided.
- divination — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- divinatory — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- divineness — The quality of being divine; divinity.