English words: dicotylous to didymalgia

300 English words, part 56 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words dicotylous to didymalgia

dicotylous adjective: dicotyledonous
dicoumarol noun: An anticoagulant that functions as a vitamin K antagonist, also used in biochemical experiments as an inhibitor of reductases.
dicraeosaurid noun: Any dinosaur in the family Dicraeosauridae.
dicranaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Dicranaceae.
dicranid noun: Any bryopsid moss of the subclass Dicranidae, of the class Bryopsida.
dicranostigmine noun: An alkaloid, related to pyridostigmine, present in the poppy Dicranostigma
dicrocoeliasis noun: infection by the fluke Dicrocoelium dendriticum
dicrocoelid noun: Any liver fluke of the family Dicrocoeliidae
dicrocoeliid noun: Any liver fluke of the family Dicrocoeliidae
dicroglossid noun: Any member of the Dicroglossidae, a family of frogs.
dicrotal adjective: Synonym of dicrotic.
dicrotic adjective /dʌɪˈkɹɒt.ɪk/: Having a double beat.
dicrotism noun: The condition of each beat of the pulse consisting of two sphygmographic waves.
dicrotophos noun /daɪˈkɹəʊtəfɒs/: An organophosphate acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used as an insecticide.
dicrotous adjective: Synonym of dicrotic.
dicrurid noun: Any bird in the family Dicruridae; a drongo.
dict noun: A saying; a statement.
dictablanda noun: A soft-handed dictatorship.
dictagraph noun: Alternative form of dictograph.
dictamen noun /dɪkˈteɪ.mən/: A dictation or dictate.
dictamnine noun: A furoquinoline alkaloid found in the roots of Dictamnus albus.
dictamnus noun: A suffrutescent plant of the genus Dictamnus, with strong perfume and showy flowers.
dictaphone noun /ˈdɪktəfəʊn/: A dictation machine.
dictaphonic adjective: Of or relating to a dictaphone.
dictatable adjective: Capable of being dictated.
dictate noun, verb /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/: An order or command.
dictated but not read adjective: Dictated, as to a secretary or stenographer, but not proofread by the person who dictated it.
dictater noun: One who dictates; one who gives dictation.
dictatingly adverb: So as to dictate or give an order.
dictation noun /dɪkˈteɪʃən/: Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
dictation machine noun: A sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print.
dictational adjective: of, or pertaining to dictation
dictative adjective: dictatorial
dictator noun /dɪkˈteɪtə/: An authoritarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
dictatoress noun: Alternative form of dictatress.
dictatorial adjective [dɪktəˈtɔːɹɪəɫ]: of or pertaining to a dictator
dictatorialism noun: Ideology that supports dictatorship; dictatorship.
dictatoriality noun: Dictatorialness, the quality or state of being dictatorial.
dictatorially adverb: In a dictatorial manner.
dictatorialness noun: The state or quality of being dictatorial.
dictatorian adjective: dictatorial
dictatorless adjective: without a dictator.
dictatorlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a dictator.
dictatorship noun /ˈdɪktæɪtəʃɪp/: A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
dictatorship of democracy noun: Synonym of protected democracy.
dictatorship of the bourgeoisie noun: A socio-political power wherein the bourgeoisie collectively holds the most influence over politics and the masses, as opposed to the dictatorship of the...
dictatorship of the majority noun: Synonym of tyranny of the majority.
dictatorship of the proletariat noun: A socio-political power characterized by a struggle to achieve a communist society, as opposed to the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie.
dictatory adjective, noun: Exessively strict.
dictatress noun: A female dictator; a dictatorial state personified as female.
dictatrix noun: A female dictator.
dictature noun: Office of a dictator; dictatorship.
diction noun /ˈdɪk.ʃən/: Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication; the effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
dictional adjective: Relating to diction.
dictionally adverb: In terms of diction.
dictionarese noun: Alternative form of dictionaryese.
dictionarial adjective /ˌdɪk.ʃəˈnɛəɹi.əl/: Of or pertaining to a dictionary.
dictionarian noun /ˌdɪk.ʃəˈnɛəɹi.ən/: Synonym of lexicographer.
dictionaric adjective /ˈdɪkʃənˌɛɹɪk/: Of or pertaining to a dictionary; of a type or style commonly found in a dictionary.
dictionariese noun: Alternative form of dictionaryese.
dictionarily adverb: In terms of, or by means of, a dictionary or dictionaries collectively.
dictionarise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dictionarize.
dictionarist noun: Synonym of lexicographer.
dictionarization noun: The act of adding (something) to a dictionary.
dictionarize verb: To add (something) to a dictionary.
dictionary noun, verb /ˈdɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi/: A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each term's meanings or senses, often also...
dictionary attack noun /ˌdɪkʃənəɹi əˈtæk/: An attempt to illegally access a computer network, website, etc., that uses a list of words (from a dictionary) to try to guess decryption keys or passwords.
dictionary attacker noun: A person or bot that carries out a dictionary attack
dictionary definition noun: A descriptive definition specifying one of the commonly used meanings of the defined term.
dictionary form noun: The basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a verb).
dictionary-monger noun: Synonym of lexicographer, a person who produces or sells dictionaries.
dictionary on historical principles noun: A type of scholarly dictionary that displays the history of lexical items through citations.
dictionaryese noun /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnə.ɹɪˈiːz/: The style of language used in dictionary definitions, characterized by dry, straightforward, and occasionally awkward phrasing.
dictionaryless adjective: Without a dictionary.
dictionarylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a dictionary.
dictiosome noun: Alternative form of dictyosome.
dictogloss noun: A technique for teaching grammatical structures, in which students first take notes as the teacher reads and then, in small groups, attempt to summarize the...
dictograph noun: A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes...
dictum noun /ˈdɪk.təm/: An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
dictums noun /ˈdɪk.təmz/: Alternative form of dicta, plural of dictum
dicty adjective, noun: stylish and respectable; high-class
dictyate noun: A resting stage in the development of oocytes, during the meiotic prophase
dictynid noun /dɪkˈtɪnɪd/: Any spider in the family Dictynidae.
dictynoid noun: Any member of the Dictynoidea, a group of araneomorph spiders that have been treated as a superfamily.
dictyo- prefix: net
dictyoceratid noun: Any sponge of the order Dictyoceratida
dictyochlamydospore noun: A form of chlamydospore that has internal septa.
dictyochophyte noun: Any axodine alga
dictyodendrin noun: Any of a class of derivatives of pyrrolocarbazoles, extracted from marine sponges of the genus Dictyodendrilla, that inhibit aldose reductases
dictyodromous adjective: Having reticulate venation.
dictyogen noun: A plant with net-veined leaves and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the families Dioscoreaceae,...
dictyogenous adjective: Relating to dictyogens.
dictyoid adjective: Synonym of reticulate.
dictyokinesis noun: The splitting of the Golgi apparatus during its normal reproductive cycle.
dictyol noun: One of a set of alcohols containing a cyclohexane ring fused to a cyclopentane ring, found in Dictyota brown algae.
dictyoma noun: Alternative form of diktyoma.
dictyonal adjective: Pertaining to a rigid framework of fused sponge spicules.
dictyonite noun: A reticulated form of migmatite
dictyopharid noun: Any fulgoroid insect in the family Dictyopharidae.
dictyopteran noun: Any of the polyneopterous insects of the order Dictyoptera: the termites, cockroaches and mantids
dictyoseptate adjective: Having both transverse and longitudinal septa
dictyosome noun: A plant organelle that is functionally equivalent to the Golgi apparatus in animal cells.
dictyosporangium noun: The sporangium of Saprolegnia, with encased spores germinating within the sporangium.
dictyospore noun: A multicellular spore, produced by fungi, that has both transverse and longitudinal septa
dictyosporous adjective: Relating to dictyospores.
dictyostele noun: A type of siphonostele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a central cylinder around a pith, but with closely spaced leaf gaps.
dictyostelic adjective: Of or possessing a dictyostele.
dictyostelid noun: Any slime mold of the order Dictyosteliida, which exist either as individual amoebae or aggregated as a pseudoplasmodium.
dictyota noun /ˌdɪk.tiˈoʊ.tə/: Any brown alga of the genus Dictyota.
dictyotaceous adjective: Belonging to the family Dictyotaceae of brown algae.
dictyotene noun: dictyate
dictyotriol noun: A dictyol with three hydroxy groups (triol), in particular dictyotriol A with IUPAC name...
dictyoxide noun: A diterpenoid derived from the brown alga Dictyota with IUPAC name...
dicumarol noun: Alternative form of dicoumarol.
dicy adjective: Alternative spelling of dicey.
dicyanamide noun: The anion N(CN)₂⁻ or any salt containing this anion; especially the sodium salt, which is an explosive sometimes used in vehicle airbags.
dicyanamine noun: The conjugate acid of dicyanamide.
dicyandiamide noun: Synonym of cyanoguanidine.
dicyanide noun /daɪˈsaɪənaɪd/: Any compound containing two cyanide ions or groups
dicyano noun: Two cyano groups in a molecule
dicyanoargentate noun: The anion Ag(CN)₂⁻; any salt containing this anion, many of which form coordination compounds
dicyanoaurate noun: aurocyanide
dicyanobenzoquinone noun: Any dicyano derivative of benzoquinone
dicyanobutane noun: Any dinitrile derived from butane, but especially 1,2-dicyanobutane and 1,4-dicyanobutane
dicyanoethane noun: Either of two dicyano derivatives of ethane, but especially 1,2-dicyanoethane or succinonitrile.
dicyanogen noun: cyanogen
dicyanoimidazole noun: Any dicyano derivative of an imidazole
dicyanomethylene noun: The divalent radical (N≡C)₂C=
dicyanovinylene noun: Any dicyano derivative of a vinylene group
dicyclanil noun /daɪˈsɪklənɪl/: An insect growth regulator primarily used in veterinary medicine to prevent and control blowfly strike in sheep. It functions by inhibiting the development...
dicycle noun: directed cycle
dicyclic adjective /daɪˈsaɪklɪk/: bicyclic
dicyclohexyl noun: Two cyclohexyl groups in a molecule
dicyclohexylamide noun: Any dicyclohexyl derivative of an (organic or inorganic) amide
dicyclohexylammonium noun: The dicyclohexyl derivative of the ammonium cation
dicyclohexylcarbodiimide noun /ˌdaɪˌsaɪkloʊˈhɛksəlˌkɑːrboʊdaɪˈɪmaɪd/: A chemical reagent commonly used in organic synthesis to activate carboxylic acids so they can form bonds with amines, especially to create amide bonds in...
dicyclohexylphenylphosphine noun: A chemical compound with molecular formula C₁₈H₂₇P.
dicyclohexylurea noun: A urea that has a cyclohexyl group attached to each nitrogen, with molecular formula C₁₃H₂₄N₂O.
dicyclomine noun /daɪˈsaɪ.kləˌmin/: Alternative form of dicycloverine.
dicyclopentadiene noun: An unsaturated tricyclic hydrocarbon 3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-4,7-methano-1H-indene produced in the cracking of naphtha
dicyclopentadienyl noun: Two cyclopentadienyl radicals in a molecule
dicyclopropanated adjective: Modified by the addition of two cyclopropane rngs
dicycloverine noun /ˌdaɪ.saɪˈkloʊ.vəˌɹin/: An anticholinergic drug used in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₉H₃₅NO₂·HCl for its antispasmodic effect on smooth muscle in functional gastrointestinal...
dicycly noun: The quality of being dicyclic.
dicyemid adjective, noun: Like or belonging to the phylum Dicyemida or the family Dicyemidae, extremely simple parasites found in the kidneys of cephalopods
dicynodont noun: A member of the infraorder Dicynodontia of dominant herbivores of the Late Permian, the most successful group of non-mammalian synapsids.
dicynodontid noun: Any therapsid in the family Dicynodontidae.
dicysteine noun: The dimer of cysteine; cystine
did noun, verb /dɪd/: Initialism of direct inward dialing.
did my back hurt your knife phrase: Used to draw the attention of a backstabber to their treachery.
did not bat phrase: Denotes a player who did not bat in an innings played by their side.
did the journal factory explode phrase: A rhetorical question used to tell someone that they are oversharing.
Dida proper noun: A Kru language spoken in Côte d'Ivoire.
Didache proper noun: An early Christian treatise, written in the first or second century AD. and published in the 19th century.
Didachist noun: A writer of the Didache
didact noun /ˈdaɪdækt/: A didactic person.
didactic adjective, noun /daɪˈdæk.tɪk/: Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
didactical adjective: didactic
didactically adverb: In a didactic manner.
didactician noun /daɪdəkˈtɪʃən/: One who teaches.
didacticism noun: An artistic philosophy that emphasises instructional and informative qualities over mere entertainment.
didacticist adjective, noun: Pertaining to didacticism.
didacticity noun: Aptitude for teaching.
didacticization noun: The process of making something didactic.
didacticize verb: To make didactic.
didacticness noun: The quality of being didactic.
didactics noun /daɪˈdæktɪks/: The art and science of teaching.
didaction noun /dɪˈdæk.ʃən/: The act of teaching didactically; teaching in general.
didactive adjective: Synonym of didactic.
didactyl adjective, noun: Having only two toes, fingers or claws.
didactylism noun: The condition of having only two fingers on a hand, or only two toes on a foot.
didactylous adjective: Having only two digits; two-toed.
didactyly noun: The condition of having two digits on each limb, as in the two-toed sloths.
didakai noun: Alternative form of didicoy.
didakei noun: Alternative form of didicoy.
didanosine noun /dɪˈdan.əʊ.siːn/: A reverse transcriptase inhibitor drug C₁₀H₁₂N₄O₃ which inhibits the replication of HIV and is used in the treatment of AIDS, especially in combination with...
didapper noun: A small diving water bird frequenting rivers and fresh waters, specifically a little grebe or dabchick.
didascalic adjective: Of or relating to education or teaching; didactic.
didascaly noun: Any catalog of Greek drama published by Alexandrian scholars.
didaskaleinophobia noun: The fear of going to school.
didcap noun: A vidcap depicting a damsel in distress.
Didcot proper noun: A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, formerly in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5290).
didder verb: To rattle or shiver.
diddicoi noun: Alternative form of didicoy.
diddicoy noun: Alternative form of didicoy.
diddikai noun: Alternative form of didicoy.
diddikoi noun: Alternative form of didicoy.
diddle interjection, noun, verb /ˈdɪdəl/: In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same...
diddle-daddle verb: To dilly-dally
diddle-dee noun /ˈdɪdəlˌdiː/: A plant in the heath family, of species Empetrum rubrum.
diddle for middle phrase: Alternative form of middle for diddle.
diddledee noun: Empetrum rubrum, a plant with edible red berries.
diddledees noun: Pine needles.
diddler noun: A person who diddles; a cheat or swindler.
diddley bow noun /ˈdɪd(ə)li ˈbəʊ/: A one-stringed instrument (monochord) that consists of a wire string attached to something solid like the side of a house, and played with a piece of metal...
diddley bower noun: Someone who plays the diddley bow.
diddly interjection, noun /ˈdɪdəli/: A small amount of no worth.
diddly bow noun: Alternative spelling of diddley bow.
diddly squat noun /ˈdɪd(ə)li skwɑt/: Nothing; nothing whatsoever.
diddlysquat noun: Alternative form of diddly-squat.
diddums interjection /ˈdɪdəmz/: A term of commiseration to a child who has suffered a mildly painful situation.
diddy adjective, noun /ˈdɪdi/: A woman's breast.
Diddy blud noun [ˈdɪˌdiː ˈblʌd]: A sexual predator, a creep.
Diddy party noun: Any of the various parties hosted by rapper and music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs from the 1990s onwards.
diddyblud noun: Alternative form of Diddy blud.
didecahedral adjective: Having five planes on each extremity.
didecamer noun: A dimer formed from two decamers
didecenoate noun: Any compound that has two decenoate groups or ions
didecyl noun: Eicosane.
didee noun /ˈdaɪ.di/: A diaper.
didelphian adjective: Of or relating to Marsupialia (syns. Metatheria, Didelphia).
didelphic adjective /dʌɪˈdɛl.fɪk/: Possessing two wombs.
didelphid noun /daɪˈdɛlfɪd/: A member of Didelphidae; opossum
didelphimorph noun: Any opossum of the order Didelphimorphia; an opossum.
didelphine adjective: Of, or pertaining to, opossums, of the family Didelphidae.
didelphoid noun: A member of the superfamily Didelphoidea, often used in a more restricted sense to refer to any member of a paraphyletic group of stem marsupialiforms.
didelphous adjective: Synonym of didelphic.
didelphys noun: A uterine malformation where the uterus assumes a paired shape as a consequence of failure of fusion of the Müllerian ducts.
didemnaketal noun: Any of a family of polyisoprenoid ketals which are inhibitors of an HIV protease
didemnid noun: Any member of the Didemnidae, tunicates that form colonies on the seabed in shallow waters.
didemnimide noun: Any of a group of tetracyclic aromatic heterocycles having indole, maleimide and pyrrole rings
didemnin noun: Any of a group of cyclic depsipeptides found in Trididemnum
didendron noun: A dendrimer containing two dendrons
dideoxide noun: dideoxynucleotide
dideoxy adjective: Lacking two hydroxyl groups.
dideoxyadenosine noun: A dideoxynucleoside, derived from adenosine, that inhibits DNA replication
dideoxycytidine noun /ˌdʌɪ.di.ɒk.sɪˈsʌɪ.tɪ.diːn/: Alternative form of zalcitabine.
dideoxygenase noun: Any enzyme that catalyzes a dideoxygenation reaction
dideoxyhexose noun: Any dideoxy derivative of a hexose
dideoxyinosine noun /ˌdʌɪ.di.ɒk.sɪˈɪn.əʊ.siːn/: Alternative form of didanosine.
dideoxymannose noun: A dideoxy derivative of mannose
dideoxynucleoside noun: The nucleoside of a dideoxysugar
dideoxynucleotide noun: Any nucleotide formed from a deoxynucleotide by loss of a second hydroxy group from the deoxyribose group
dideoxyribonucleoside noun: A deoxyribonucleoside in which an additional hydroxyl group has been replaced by a hydrogen
dideoxyribonucleotide noun: A deoxyribonucleotide in which an additional hydroxyl group has been replaced by a hydrogen
dideoxysequencing noun: The sequencing of dideoxynucleotides
dideoxysugar noun: Any deoxysugar having two deoxy- groups
dideoxythymidine noun: The nucleoside consisting of a combination of dideoxyribose and thymine
didepside noun: An ester formed from two phenolic carboxylic acid molecules.
diderm adjective, noun: (of bacteria) Having two cell membranes.
Diderot proper noun: A surname from French.
Diderot effect noun: A phenomenon in which acquiring a new possession leads to a spiral of consumption that results in the acquisition of even more possessions.
Diderotian adjective: Of or pertaining to Denis Diderot (1713–1784), prominent French philosopher, art critic, and writer of the Enlightenment.
didesmethyldoxylamine noun /ˌdaɪdɛzˌmɛθɪldɒkˈsɪləmiːn/: One of the two main metabolites of doxylamine (the other being desmethyldoxylamine).
dideuteride noun: Any compound that has two deuteride groups
dideuterium noun: A molecule composed of two deuterium atoms, or matter composed of such molecules. Symbol: ²H₂ or D₂.
didge noun: didgeridoo
didgeridoo noun, verb /ˌdɪd͡ʒ.əɹ.iˈduː/: A musical instrument, endemic to the Top End of Australia, consisting of a long hollowed-out log which, when blown into, produces a low, deep mesmerising...
didgeridooer noun: Someone who plays the didgeridoo
didgeridooist noun: Someone who plays the didgeridoo.
didi noun: A respectful term of address to any familiar older woman.
didicoi noun: Alternative spelling of didicoy.
didicoy noun: A gypsy or traveller, especially one who is not Romani or is not full-blooded Romani.
didie noun /ˈdaɪ.di/: A diaper.
didiereaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Didiereaceae.
didikai noun: Alternative form of didicoy.
didikoy noun: Alternative form of didicoy.
didiman noun: A male worker in the department of agriculture.
didine adjective, noun: Of, or pertaining to dodos
didit noun: An assertion that something not satisfactorily explained by science is therefore evidence of some powerful entity's unseen intervention.
didja contraction /ˈdɪd͡ʒə/: Pronunciation spelling of did you.
didjeridoo noun: Alternative spelling of didgeridoo.
didjeridu noun: Alternative form of didgeridoo.
didley bow noun: Alternative spelling of diddley bow.
DIDMOAD noun: Synonym of Wolfram syndrome
didn' contraction: Pronunciation spelling of didn't.
didn't verb /ˈdɪdn̩t/: did not (negative auxiliary)
didn'tcha contraction: Contraction of didn't + you.
didn'tchya contraction: Contraction of didn't + you.
didna contraction /ˈdɪdnə/: did not
didnae contraction /ˈdɪd.ni/: did not
didncha contraction: Alternative form of dincha.
didntcha contraction: Alternative form of dincha.
didny contraction /ˈdɪdni/: did not
dido noun /ˈdaɪdəʊ/: A fuss, a row.
Dido flip noun: A women's shag hairstyle comprising uneven strands arranged asymmetrically on both sides of the face.
didodecahedral adjective: Of a six-sided prism: truncated on the lateral edges, and acuminated on the extremities with six planes.
didodecahedron noun: A solid with 24 faces consisting of scalene triangles.
didodecyl noun: Two dodecyl groups in a molecule
didomain noun: A discrete structure formed from two domains of a protein dimer
DiDonato proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Didonia noun: The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.
Didonian adjective /daɪˈdəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Dido.
Didot noun: Ellipsis of Didot point.
Didot point noun: A former point size of 1/864 of the royal foot.
DIDP noun: Abbreviation of di-isodecyl phthalate.
didrachm noun: Alternative form of didrachma.
didrachma noun: An Ancient Greek silver coin worth two drachmas.
didromic adjective: Doubly twisted, like the awns in Danthonia, Stipa, etc.
didromy noun: The quality of being didromic; double torsion.
didrovaltrate noun: A sedative and hypnotic drug.
DIDS noun: Initialism of 4, 4'-diisothiocyano-2, or 2'-stilbenedisulfonic acid, an anion exchange inhibitor.
Didsbury proper noun: A suburban area in southern Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8491).
diduch noun: Alternative spelling of didukh.
diduction noun: The act of drawing apart; separation.
diductor noun: A divaricator muscle in arthropomatous brachiopods
didukh noun: A Ukrainian decoration made from sheaves of wheat tied up with colorful ribbons, which is used in rituals around Christmas and Epiphany, and traditionally...
didy noun: Alternative form of didie (“diaper”).
didya contraction: Alternative spelling of didja.
didymalgia noun: Pain in the testes.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under D: 35,212 words, in 118 parts.