9-letter words containing i, n, d, s
- diagnoses — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- diagnosis — Diagnosis is the discovery and naming of what is wrong with someone who is ill or with something that is not working properly.
- diagonals — Plural form of diagonal.
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- dianetics — A discipline devised by w L. Ron Hubbard designed to heal psychosomatic illnesses by cleansing the mind of engrams.
- diapasons — Plural form of diapason.
- diapensia — An evergreen arctic shrub, Diapensia lapponica.
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- diarising — Present participle of diarise.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dickerson — Eric Demetric [dih-me-trik] /dɪˈmɛ trɪk/ (Show IPA), born 1960, U.S. football player.
- dickinson — Emily. 1830–86, US poet, noted for her short, mostly unrhymed, mystical lyrics
- diclinous — (of flowering plants) bearing unisexual flowers
- dictamnus — (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
- didrikson — Mildred(Mrs. George Zaharias) 1913-56; U.S. athlete in many sports
- dieseling — after-run.
- diesinker — an engraver of dies for stamping or embossing.
- diffusing — Present participle of diffuse.
- diffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
- digenesis — alternation of generations.
- digestant — a substance that promotes digestion.
- digesting — Present participle of digest.
- digestion — 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.
- dignifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dignify.
- dignities — bearing, conduct, or speech indicative of self-respect or appreciation of the formality or gravity of an occasion or situation.
- dilatants — Plural form of dilatant.
- dilations — Plural form of dilation.
- dilutions — Plural form of dilution.
- dimension — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- dinginess — of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
- dinosaurs — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- dionysiac — of or relating to the Dionysia or to Dionysus; Bacchic.
- dionysian — of, relating to, or honoring Dionysus or Bacchus.
- dionysius — ("the Elder") 431?–367 b.c, Greek soldier: tyrant of Syracuse 405–367.
- diosgenin — a crystalline compound, C 27 H 42 O 3 , the aglycone of dioscin: used in the synthesis of steroidal hormones, as of progesterone.
- dippiness — Quality of being dippy.
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- dirhinous — having paired nostrils.
- dirtiness — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- disabling — Present participle of disable.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- disanoint — to invalidate the anointment of (a person)
- disarming — removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.
- disattune — to cause (something) to be out of harmony
- disbanded — to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- disburden — to remove a burden from; rid of a burden.
- discerned — Simple past tense and past participle of discern.
- discerner — to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
- discommon — (at Oxford and Cambridge) to prohibit (tradespeople or townspeople who have violated the regulations of the university) from dealing with the undergraduates.