7-letter words starting with di
- diquark — a low-energy configuration of two quarks attracted to one another by virtue of having antisymmetric colours and spins
- directs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of direct.
- directx — (programming, hardware) A Microsoft programming interface standard, first included with Windows 95. DirectX gives (games) programmers a standard way to gain direct access to enhanced hardware features under Windows 95 instead of going via the Windows 95 GDI. Some DirectX code runs faster than the equivalent under MS DOS. DirectX promises performance improvements for graphics, sound, video, 3D, and network capabilites of games, but only where both hardware and software support DirectX. DirectX 2 introduced the Direct3D interface. Version 5 was current at 1998-02-01. Version 8.1 is included in Windows XP.
- direful — dreadful; awful; terrible.
- dirempt — to separate (something) forcefully or violently
- dirhams — Plural form of dirham.
- dirksen — Everett McKinley, 1896–1969, U.S. politician.
- dirling — to vibrate; shake.
- dirndls — Plural form of dirndl.
- dirtbag — Slang. a filthy or contemptible person.
- dirtied — Simple past tense and past participle of dirty.
- dirtier — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- dirties — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dirty.
- dirtily — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- disable — make not work
- disally — to break free or cause to break free from an alliance or partnership
- disarms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disarm.
- disavow — to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate: He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him.
- disband — to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
- disbark — (transitive) To strip of bark.
- disbars — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disbar.
- discage — to release (an animal or bird) from a cage
- discant — Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- discard — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discase — to take the case or covering from; uncase.
- discept — To debate; to discuss.
- discern — to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
- discerp — To tear into pieces; to rend.
- discide — (obsolete) To cut apart; to cut into pieces.
- discing — any thin, flat, circular plate or object.
- discman — a small portable CD player with light headphones
- discoed — Simple past tense and past participle of disco.
- discoer — a person who attends discos
- discoid — having the form of a discus or disk; flat and circular.
- discord — lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
- discure — (obsolete) To discover; to reveal.
- discuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
- disease — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- disedge — to render (an object) blunt
- disegno — drawing or design: a term used during the 16th and 17th centuries to designate the formal discipline required for the representation of the ideal form of an object in the visual arts, especially as expressed in the linear structure of a work of art.
- diserve — Misspelling of deserve.
- diseuse — a female professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- disfame — disrepute
- disform — (transitive, archaic) To deform or disfigure.
- disgest — Obsolete form of digest.
- disgown — to remove a gown from (esp in a religious or academic sense)
- disgust — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- dish up — provide
- dishelm — to deprive of a helmet.