8-letter words containing io
- cymation — cymatium.
- d region — the lowest region of the ionosphere, extending from a height of about 60 kilometres to about 90 kilometres: contains a low concentration of free electrons and reflects low-frequency radio waves
- darioles — Plural form of dariole.
- debation — Debating.
- decision — When you make a decision, you choose what should be done or which is the best of various possible actions.
- decurion — a local councillor
- dedition — (obsolete) The act of yielding; surrender.
- defusion — separation of the life instinct from the death instinct, a process often accompanying maturity.
- deionise — Alternative spelling of deionize.
- deionize — to remove ions from (water) by the use of cation and anion exchangers
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- deletion — the act of deleting or fact of being deleted
- delusion — A delusion is a false idea.
- demotion — to reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position (opposed to promote): They demoted the careless waiter to busboy.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- derision — If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- desition — An end, ending or conclusion.
- deuotion — Obsolete spelling of devotion.
- devision — Obsolete spelling of division.
- devotion — Devotion is great love, affection, or admiration for someone.
- dicaprio — Leonardo. born 1974, US film actor; his films include Romeo and Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), Gangs of New York (2002), The Departed (2006), and Django Unchained (2012)
- 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.
- diecious — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- dilation — the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- dilution — the act of diluting or the state of being diluted.
- diluvion — a coarse surficial deposit formerly attributed to a general deluge but now regarded as glacial drift.
- dimaggio — Joseph Paul ("Joe"; "Joltin' Joe") 1914–1999, U.S. baseball player.
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- dioceses — Plural form of diocese.
- dioecism — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- diogenes — 412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- diogenic — 412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- diolefin — diene.
- diomedes — a Greek hero in the Trojan War.
- dionysia — The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
- dionysus — the god of fertility, wine, and drama; Bacchus.
- diopside — a monoclinic pyroxene mineral, calcium magnesium silicate, CaMg(SiO 3) 2 , occurring in various colors, usually in crystals.
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- diopters — Plural form of diopter.
- dioptres — Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- dioptric — Optics. pertaining to dioptrics: dioptric images.
- dioramas — Plural form of diorama.
- dioramic — a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- diorites — Plural form of diorite.
- dioritic — Containing diorite.
- dioscuri — the Greek name for Castor and Pollux, when considered together
- diosmose — osmose.
- dioxides — Plural form of dioxide.
- dioxygen — (chemistry) the normal allotrope of oxygen having two atoms per molecule.