10-letter words starting with di
- diastalsis — a downward wave of contraction occurring in the intestine during digestion
- diastases' — Medicine/Medical. the separation of normally joined parts, as in the dislocation of bones, without fracture.
- diastemata — Plural form of diastema.
- diathermal — of or relating to diathermy
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- diatribist — a person who uses diatribes in his or her speeches or writing, etc
- diatropism — a response of plants or parts of plants to an external stimulus by growing at right angles to the direction of the stimulus
- diaz miron — Salvador [sahl-vah-th awr] /ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Mexican poet.
- diaz ordaz — Gustavo [goos-tah-vaw] /gusˈtɑ vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–79, Mexican teacher, jurist, and public official: president 1964–70.
- diazeuctic — (of a tone) separating two tetrachords
- diazoamino — denoting or of a diazo compound containing the group N:N·NH
- dibromides — Plural form of dibromide.
- dicationic — (chemistry) Having two missing electrons.
- dichloride — a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dichlorvos — an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections
- dichotomic — division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dichromism — the state of being dichromic
- dick-heads — dick (def 3).
- dickcissel — a small North American bird (Spiza americana), the male of which has a yellow breast, a black patch on its throat, and a mainly grey head
- dickensian — of Charles Dickens or his works
- dickeybird — dickey1 (def 4).
- dicksucker — (vulgar slang) A person who fellates men.
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- dictagraph — Alt form dictograph.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dictations — Plural form of dictation.
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- dictyosome — a Golgi body, esp in a plant cell
- dicynodont — any of various extinct Triassic mammal-like reptiles having a single pair of tusklike teeth
- didactical — intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
- didanosine — 2',3'-dideoxyinosine, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor effective against HIV.
- didascalic — of or relating to instruction or teaching
- diddlyshit — diddly (def 1).
- didelphian — of or relating to an animal in the Didelphia subclass of mammals
- didgeridoo — A didgeridoo is an Australian musical instrument that consists of a long pipe which makes a low sound when you blow into it.
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- die brücke — a group of German Expressionist painters (1905–13), including Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. In 1912 they exhibited with der Blaue Reiter
- die-sinker — a person who engraves dies for stamping coins, medals, etc
- dielectric — a nonconducting substance; insulator.
- dienophile — (organic chemistry) A compound that readily reacts with a diene; especially an alkene in the Diels-Alder reaction.
- diesel oil — a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.
- dieselling — (in a combustion engine) a fault or malfunction in which the engine continues to run after the ignition has been switched off
- dieselpunk — A postmodern genre of art as well as a budding subculture that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through World War II and ending circa 1950s (a range of time often referred to as the \u201cdiesel era\u201d by the dieselpunk community) with contemporary creations.
- diet drink — a type of drink, usually a version of an existing drink, that is marketed as being good for slimmers because it is low in calories