11-letter words containing di
- benedict xv — original name Giacomo della Chiesa. 1854–1922, pope (1914–22); noted for his repeated attempts to end World War I and for his organization of war relief
- benedictine — A Benedictine is a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community that follows the rule of St. Benedict.
- benediction — A benediction is a kind of Christian prayer.
- benedictive — relating to a benediction or blessing
- benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
- bertrandite — a mineral, hydrous beryllium silicate, Be 4 Si 2 O 7 (OH) 2 , colorless or pale yellow, with a vitreous luster, occurring as tabular or prismatic crystals in pegmatites and hydrothermal veins.
- bidding war — a situation in which multiple offerers bid to own a single property
- bidialectal — fluent in two dialects of a language
- big diomede — See under Diomede Islands.
- bindingness — the quality of being binding
- biomedicine — the medical study of the effects of unusual environmental stress on human beings, esp in connection with space travel
- black medic — a widespread weedy annual plant (Medicago lupulina) of the pea family, with small yellow flowers and black seed pods, sometimes grown for forage
- blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
- bobsledding — a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- book-ending — a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
- bookbinding — Bookbinding is the work of fastening books together and putting covers on them.
- boudin noir — a dark-colored boiled sausage made with pork and blood, and often highly spiced
- boumedienne — Houari (ˈhaʊərɪ). 1927–78, Algerian statesman and soldier: president of Algeria (1965–78) after overthrowing Ben Bella in a coup
- bow divider — a bow compass, each leg of which terminates in a needle, used to transfer measurements from one area of a drawing to another.
- bradycardia — an abnormally low rate of heartbeat
- bradycardic — a slow heartbeat rate, usually less than 60 beats per minute.
- brobdingnag — in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, a land inhabited by giants about 60 feet tall
- buenos dias — good day; good morning
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bull riding — a rodeo event in which a contestant tries to ride a bucking bull for eight seconds, with one hand holding a rope tied to a band around the bull's chest.
- butenedioic — designating a type of acid
- butter dish — a small dish designed to hold butter
- caddie cart — a small two-wheeled cart used by golfers to carry their clubs.
- caddis worm — the wormlike larva of the caddis fly that usually lives in fresh water in an elongated case made of twigs, grains of sand, etc. cemented together with silk that it secretes: commonly used as bait by anglers
- caddishness — the state of being caddish
- calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
- canadianism — the Canadian national character or spirit
- canadianize — to make Canadian in character.
- candidacies — Plural form of candidacy.
- candidature — Candidature means the same as candidacy.
- candidiases — Plural form of candidiasis.
- candidiasis — a common fungal infection caused by yeast (genus Candida, esp. C. albicans) that thrives on any moist, cutaneous area of the body, esp. on mucous membranes, between toes, under diapers, etc.: can develop into serious internal and chronic conditions
- cannabidiol — (organic compound) A non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.
- cannonading — a continued discharge of cannon, especially during an attack.
- cantharidic — cantharidal
- cantharidin — the compound C10H12O4, which is the active ingredient in cantharides and is secreted by many species of blister beetle
- carbamidine — guanidine.
- cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
- cardinalate — the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal
- cardinality — the property of possessing a cardinal number
- cardiodynia — pain in the heart region.
- cardiogenic — originating in the heart, or resulting from a disorder of the heart
- cardiograms — Plural form of cardiogram.
- cardiograph — an instrument for recording the mechanical force and form of heart movements