11-letter words starting with di
- dichotomize — to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichromatic — having or consisting of only two colours
- dichroscope — an instrument for investigating the dichroism of solutions or crystals
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- dickcissels — Plural form of dickcissel.
- dicotyledon — any flowering plant of the class Dicotyledonae, normally having two embryonic seed leaves and leaves with netlike veins. The group includes many herbaceous plants and most families of trees and shrubs
- dictational — the act or manner of dictating for reproduction in writing.
- dictatorial — Dictatorial means controlled or used by a dictator.
- dictionally — from a dictional point of view
- dictyostele — a form of stele found in some ferns, containing so many gaps that it is like a network of separate strands
- didacticism — intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
- diddle with — Informal. to toy; fool (usually followed by with): The kids have been diddling with the controls on the television set again.
- didgeridoos — Plural form of didgeridoo.
- didot point — (unit, text) A variant of the point, equal to 0.3759 mm, or 1/72 of a French Royal inch (27.07 mm), or about 1/68 inch. Didot points are used in Europe. This unit is named after the French printer François Ambroise Didot (1730 - 1804) who defined the "point-based" typographical measurement system.
- die casting — the process of making a casting by forcing molten metal into a metallic mold, or die, under great pressure
- die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- die-cutting — the cutting by machine of paper or card into shapes with sharp steel knives, such as in the manufacture of cardboard boxes
- diefenbaker — John George, 1895–1979, prime minister of Canada 1957–63.
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- diesel fuel — a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.
- dietary law — law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food.
- differences — Plural form of difference.
- differentia — the character or attribute by which one species is distinguished from all others of the same genus.
- differently — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- difficultly — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- diffidently — lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
- diffraction — the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light bands (diffraction pattern) at the edge of a shadow.
- diffractive — causing or pertaining to diffraction.
- diffuseness — to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
- diffusional — Of or pertaining to diffusion.
- diffusively — In a diffusive manner.
- diffusivity — the property of a substance indicative of the rate at which a thermal disturbance, as a rise in temperature, will be transmitted through the substance.
- digestional — 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.
- digestively — In a digestive manner; by means of digestion.
- digger pine — a pine, Pinus sabiniana, of California, having drooping, grayish-green needles and large, heavy cones with edible seeds.
- digger wasp — any of numerous solitary wasps of the family Sphecidae, which excavate nests in soil, wood, etc., and provision them with prey paralyzed by stinging.
- digital pen — a pen-like device that enables a person to enter information into a digital electronic device by writing on a screen
- digitalised — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digitalises — any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
- digitalized — Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.
- digitigrade — walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals.
- digladiator — a person who contends or fights
- diglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of two hydroxyl groups with fatty acids.
- dignifiable — Capable of being dignified.
- dignifiedly — In a dignified manner.
- dignitaries — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- digressions — Plural form of digression.
- diisopropyl — Having two isopropyl groups.