English words: Ditmars to dividings
300 English words, part 80 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 40 have a page of their own.
English words Ditmars to dividings
- Ditmars proper noun: A surname from German.
- ditokous adjective: Having two kinds of young, such as offspring from asexual reproduction versus those from sexual reproduction.
- ditolyl noun: An aromatic hydrocarbon, C₁₄H₁₄, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.
- ditomine noun: A ground beetle of the subtribe Ditomina.
- ditomyiid noun: Any fungus gnat in the family Ditomyiidae.
- ditone noun: An interval of two tones
- ditophal noun: An antileprotic drug.
- ditopic adjective: That has two sites at which another compound can form a complex
- ditopological adjective: Relating to a ditopology
- ditopology noun: A dichotomous topology; A topology that includes two structures: one describing the properties related to openness of sets, the other describing the...
- ditosyl noun: Two tosyl groups in a molecule
- ditransitive adjective, noun /ˌdaɪˈtɹæn.zə.tɪv/: Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a...
- ditransitive verb noun: A verb that requires (in the unmarked form) both a direct object and an indirect object so as to be grammatical.
- ditransitively adverb: In a ditransitive manner.
- ditransitivity noun: The state or quality of being ditransitive.
- ditrichotomous adjective: Divided into twos or threes.
- ditriflate noun: Any compound having two triflate groups
- ditriflation noun: reaction to form a ditriflate
- ditriglyph noun /daɪˈtɹaɪ.ɡlɪf/: A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.
- ditriglyphic adjective /ˌdaɪ.tɹaɪˈɡlɪf.ɪk/: Relating to ditriglyphs.
- ditrigonal adjective: Being trigonal in two different ways on the same axis; e.g., of a six-sided object, having only the alternate interfacial angles equal
- ditrigonally adverb: In a ditrigonal manner.
- ditritium noun: A molecule composed of two tritium atoms, or matter composed of such molecules. Symbol: ³H₂ or T₂.
- ditrochaic adjective: Containing two trochees.
- ditrochean adjective: Consisting of two trochees.
- ditrochee noun: A double trochee; a metrical foot made up of two trochees.
- ditroite noun: An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elaeolite, and sodalite.
- ditrysian noun: Any moth of the order Ditrysia
- ditsily adverb: Alternative form of ditzily.
- ditsiness noun: Alternative spelling of ditziness.
- ditsy adjective: Alternative spelling of ditzy.
- Ditta proper noun: A surname.
- dittamy noun: Alternative form of dittany.
- dittander noun [dɪˈtændə]: A peppergrass of species Lepidium latifolium, native from Iberia to the Himalayas, introduced elsewhere.
- dittany noun /ˈdɪtəni/: A labiate plant of species Origanum dictamnus, formerly renowned for its medicinal properties; dittany of Crete.
- dittay noun: An indictment; a charge.
- ditti noun: A genre of traditional music from Antigua and Barbuda; benna, a style of calypso-like music.
- dittied adjective, verb: Set, sung, or composed as a ditty (of a specified kind).
- Dittman proper noun: A surname from German.
- Dittmann proper noun: A surname from German.
- dittmarite noun: An orthorhombic-pyramidal colorless mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- Dittmer proper noun: A surname.
- ditto adverb, interjection, noun, verb /ˈdɪtəʊ/: That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
- ditto, brother smut phrase: Calling attention to the addressee's hypocrisy; a form of tu quoque.
- ditto machine noun: Synonym of spirit duplicator.
- ditto mark noun: Synonym of ditto (“the ditto mark, 〃; a symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" ")”)
- ditto master noun: Synonym of spirit master.
- ditto sign noun: Synonym of ditto (“the ditto mark, 〃; a symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" ")”)
- ditto suit noun: A suit of dittoes.
- ditto worksheet noun: Synonym of worksheet (“a sheet of paper or computerized document”).
- dittogram noun: Synonym of dittography (“erroneous repetition in a text”).
- dittograph noun: An instance of dittography in a text.
- dittographic adjective: Relating to or exhibiting dittography.
- dittography noun /dɪˈtɑɡɹəfi/: The accidental error of repeating a word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist.
- dittohead noun: A devotee of Rush Limbaugh, his radio program, or his opinions.
- dittoism noun: The tendency of an individual, particularly on the Internet, to agree with or repeat an opinion simply because it is the established norm or popular view,...
- dittology noun: A double reading or interpretation of a text.
- ditton noun: A motto or saying.
- dittoship noun: Repetition; sameness.
- ditty noun, verb /ˈdɪti/: A short, simple verse or song.
- ditty bag noun: A small bag used to carry one's personal effects or toiletries while traveling.
- ditty box noun: A small box, usually made of woody, to hold a sailor's personal possessions.
- ditungsten noun: Two tungsten atoms in a compound.
- ditype noun: A ditypic taxon.
- ditypic adjective: Containing only two members of the next lesser rank.
- dityrosine noun: A dimer of tyrosine typically produced by oxidation
- ditzel noun: A small nodule found on the lung.
- ditzily adverb: In a ditzy manner.
- ditziness noun: The state or condition of being ditzy.
- ditzy adjective /ˈdɪtsi/: Silly or scatterbrained, usually of a young woman.
- Diu proper noun /ˈdiːuː/: A city in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
- diubiquitin noun: A dimer of ubiquitin; the motif responsible for its biosynthesis
- diubiquitinated adjective: ubiquitinated with two molecules of ubiquitin
- diubiquitylated adjective: diubiquitinated
- diucon noun: A passerine bird of South America in the tyrant flycatcher family, the fire-eyed diucon (Pyrope pyrope, syn. Xolmis pyrope).
- Diuihet noun: A subgroup of the Het people who inhabited the coastal region between the La Plata and Paraná rivers in Buenos Aires Province, southern Santa Fe, and inland...
- diulose noun: diketose
- diumide noun: clofenamide
- diumvir noun: Alternative form of duumvir.
- diumvirate noun: Alternative form of duumvirate.
- diunsaturated adjective: Having two double bonds (or triple bonds)
- diuranate noun: The dibasic anion U₂O₇²⁻ or any salt containing this anion
- diuranium noun: Two uranium atoms in a molecule.
- diuranthoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- diureide noun: One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals.
- diurese verb /ˌdaɪjʊˈɹiːs/: To cause or undergo diuresis.
- diuresis noun /ˌdaɪjʊˈɹiːsɪs/: Excessive production of urine; polyuria.
- diuretic adjective, noun /daɪ(j)əˈɹɛtɪk/: Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.
- diuretical adjective: diuretic
- diuretically adverb: In a diuretic way.
- diuretin noun: Theobromine sodium salicylate, used as a diuretic.
- diurnal adjective, noun /daɪˈɜːnəl/: Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
- diurnal aberration noun: A deviation due to the earth's axial rotation.
- diurnal active photolocation noun: The use of daylight for phosphorescence, fluorescence, or reflection, which then illuminates the visual field.
- diurnal arc noun: the path followed by a planet, point, or degree from its rising point to its setting point.
- diurnal motion noun: The apparent westward rotation of the celestial sphere, along with the apparent westward revolution of celestial objects, around the celestial poles due to...
- diurnalism noun: The condition of being diurnal
- diurnalist noun: A journalist who writes in a diurnal
- diurnality noun: The condition or habit of being active during the day.
- diurnally adverb: By daylight; in the daytime.
- diurnalness noun: The quality of being diurnal.
- diurnation noun: The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day.
- diurnoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- diuron noun: The non-selective herbicide N'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N,N-dimethyl-urea
- diuronate noun: Any compound containing two uronate groups or ions
- diuturnal adjective: durable, long-lasting
- diuturnally adverb: In a diuturnal manner.
- diuturnity noun: Long duration; lastingness.
- div noun, verb /ˈdɪv/: A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
- diva noun /ˈdiː.və/: Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
- diva cup noun: A reusable menstrual cup made of medical-grade silicone that collects rather than absorbs menstrual flow, offering longer durations of leak protection.
- diva house noun: Synonym of handbag house.
- diva-ish adjective: Pertaining to the manner expected of a diva.
- diva-like adjective: Alternative form of divalike.
- divable adjective: Alternative form of diveable.
- divabuterol noun: A bronchodilator drug.
- divacancy noun: A pair of vacancy defects in a crystal
- DivaCup noun: Alternative form of Diva Cup.
- divadom noun: The condition of being a diva; the sphere of divas.
- divaesque adjective: Reminiscent of a diva.
- divagate verb /ˈdaɪvəˌɡeɪt/: To wander about.
- divagation noun: Straying off from a course or way.
- divaish adjective: Alternative spelling of diva-ish.
- divaism noun: divalike behaviour
- divalence noun: The condition of being divalent
- divalency noun: The condition of being divalent; divalence.
- divalent adjective, noun /daɪˈveɪlənt/: Having an atomic valence of 2.
- divalently adverb: In a divalent way.
- divalike adjective: Like a spoiled diva; capricious, badly behaved or excessively demanding.
- divalproex noun: A combination of valproate and valproic acid used to treat bipolar disorder
- divalproex sodium noun: valproate semisodium
- divan noun /dɪˈvæn/: A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority...
- divan bed noun: Synonym of box spring.
- divanadium noun: Two vanadium atoms in a compound
- divaned adjective: Furnished with one or more divans.
- divaplon noun: A nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic and anticonvulsant drug from the pyrazolopyrimidine family.
- divariant noun: Synonym of concomitant.
- divaricate adjective, verb /daɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/: To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
- divaricated adjective, verb /dʌɪˈvæɹɪkeɪtɪd/: Spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem.
- divaricately adverb: With divarication; in a divaricate way.
- divaricatic acid noun: An acid found in some lichens.
- divaricatingly adverb: In a way that divaricates or diverges; branchingly.
- divarication noun: A divergence of opinion.
- divaricator noun: One of the muscles that open the shell of a brachiopod; a cardinal muscle.
- divaricoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- divast verb: to devastate; to lay waste
- divata noun: A kind of nature spirit in the folk religion of the Philippines.
- divd. noun: Abbreviation of dividend.
- dive noun, verb /daɪv/: To swim under water.
- dive bar noun: A bar (drinking establishment) located in a cellar or basement.
- dive boat noun: A boat used to gain access to a dive site
- dive bomb noun, verb: Alternative form of divebomb.
- dive bomber noun: A bomber aircraft that dives directly at its target in order to drop a bomb with greater accuracy.
- dive brick noun: A rubber weight used in training either to increase a swimmer's weight or to serve as an object to be collected ("rescued") from the bottom of the pool.
- dive computer noun: A device, similar in appearance to a wristwatch, used by underwater divers to measure the time and depth of a dive, calculate a safe ascent profile, and...
- dive in verb: To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly.
- dive knife noun: Synonym of diving knife.
- dive support vessel noun: Alternative form of diving support vessel.
- dive-under noun: A railway junction where at least one track passes under other lines instead of crossing them on the same level, in order to avoid conflicting movements; an...
- diveable adjective: Suitable for diving.
- divebomb noun, verb: The rapid lowering of the pitch of a note on the guitar by means of the whammy bar.
- divebomber noun: Alternative form of dive bomber.
- divedapper noun: Alternative form of didapper.
- divekeeper noun: The proprietor of a seedy bar or tavern.
- divel verb /daɪˈvɛl/: To rend apart.
- divellent adjective: Causing to break up or separate
- divellicate verb: To detach, rip apart.
- divellicated adjective, verb: Torn apart.
- divemaster noun: A person responsible for a group of underwater divers.
- divent contraction: Don't.
- diver noun /ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/: Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
- diverb noun: A proverb or set phrase.
- divercin noun: A particular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Carnobacterium divergens.
- diverge noun, verb /daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/: To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
- divergement noun: divergence
- divergence noun /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəns/: The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
- divergenceless adjective: Lacking divergence.
- divergencelessness noun: The quality of being divergenceless.
- divergencies noun: plural of divergency
- divergency noun: Synonym of divergence.
- divergent adjective /daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/: Growing further apart; diverging.
- divergent gill trama noun: A type of gill trama that has a central strand of hyphae, from which other strands of hyphae diverge at slanted angles.
- divergent series noun: An infinite series whose partial sums are divergent.
- divergent thinking noun: A cognitive process that involves generating multiple, unique solutions to open-ended problems or questions.
- divergently adverb: In a divergent manner
- diverger noun: One who, or that which, diverges.
- diverging noun, verb: divergence
- divergingly adverb: In a diverging manner; so as to diverge.
- divergolide noun: Any of a particular group of antibacterial naphthoquinone ansamycins
- divergon noun: A pair of divergently-transcribed operons that work together in the same biological system
- diverless adjective: Without a diver; not requiring a diver.
- divers noun, pronoun /ˈdaɪvɜː(ɹ)z/: An indefinite number (at least two).
- diversant noun: A saboteur.
- diversative adjective: Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs "here and there", among an unspecified group of targets or locations.
- diverse adjective, adverb, verb /daɪˈvɜːs/: Consisting of different elements; various.
- diversely adverb /dɪˈvɝs.li/: In a diverse manner.
- diverseness noun: The state or quality of being diverse or unlike and varied; diversity.
- diversicrat noun: An administrator who is hired in order to meet an organization's goals for maintaining diversity.
- diversifiability noun: The quality or capacity of being diversifiable.
- diversifiable adjective: Capable of being diversified or varied.
- diversifiable risk noun: An investment risk that can be mitigated by diversification of an asset portfolio.
- diversificate verb: Synonym of diversify.
- diversificated adjective, verb: Synonym of diversified.
- diversification noun /daɪˌvɜːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/: The act, or the result, of diversifying.
- diversified adjective, verb: Diverse; various.
- diversifier noun: One who or that which diversifies
- diversiflorous adjective: Bearing more than one kind of flower.
- diversiform adjective: Of different or varying forms.
- diversify verb /daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/: To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.
- diversion noun /daɪˈvɜː.ʃən/: A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
- diversional adjective: Relating to diversion.
- diversionary adjective /d(a)ɪˈvɝʒəˌnɛɹi/: That serves as a diversion.
- diversionary display noun: Synonym of distraction display
- diversionism noun: The use of diversion as a ploy to distract from an issue.
- diversionist noun: One engaged in diversionary, disruptive, or subversive activities.
- diversionistic adjective: Employing the tactic of diversionism.
- diversionless adjective: Without diversion or diversions.
- diversipartite adjective: Multiply but irregularly partite: furcating multiple times but not all from the same or symmetrical points.
- diversisporacean noun: Any fungus of the family Diversisporaceae
- diversity noun /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/: The quality of being diverse or different; a difference or unlikeness.
- diversity fatigue noun: The situation where a person or organization loses interest in diversity initiatives through repeated exposure or lack of results.
- diversity jurisdiction noun: In United States law, jurisdiction of a federal court over a cause of action arising from all parties being from different U.S. states.
- diversity statement noun: A (sometimes mandatory) document in which a candidate for an academic job describes how they will attempt to promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
- diversivolent adjective: Desiring difference or argument.
- diversory adjective, noun: A wayside inn.
- divert verb /daɪˈvɜːt/: To turn aside from a course.
- divertability noun: The ability to be diverted; the quality of being divertable.
- divertable adjective: Capable of being diverted.
- diverted adjective, verb /daɪˈvɜːtəd/: that has been subject to diversion
- divertee noun: One who is diverted from prison.
- diverter noun: A person or thing that diverts.
- divertibility noun: Alternative form of divertability.
- divertible adjective: Alternative form of divertable.
- diverticle noun: A turning; a byway.
- diverticular adjective: Of or pertaining to the diverticulum.
- diverticulate adjective: Related to a diverticulum
- diverticulated adjective: Having a diverticulum.
- diverticulectomy noun: The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
- diverticuli noun: Misconstruction of diverticula.
- diverticulitis noun: An infection of the diverticulum.
- diverticulopexy noun: An operation to fix or obliterate a diverticulum without excising it.
- diverticulosis noun: The condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon.
- diverticulum noun /ˌdɑɪ.vɜːˈtɪ.kjə.ləm/: A small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder.
- divertimento noun /dɪˌvɜːtɪˈmɛntəʊ/: composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.
- diverting adjective, noun, verb: Amusing, distracting.
- divertingly adverb: In a diverting manner; so as to divert attention.
- divertingness noun: The quality or state of being diverting.
- divertise verb: to entertain, to cheer up.
- divertisement noun /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)tɪzmənt/: fun; amusement; recreation
- divertissement noun: An entertaining diversion.
- divertissementlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a divertissement.
- divertive adjective /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)tɪv/: fun; amusing; interesting.
- divertor noun: Alternative form of diverter.
- dives noun, suffix, verb /diːvz/: A rich person who lives in luxury.
- diveshop noun: A diving centre.
- divest verb /daɪˈvɛst/: To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
- divestable adjective: Capable of being divested.
- divester noun: One who divests.
- divestible adjective: Capable of being divested.
- divestitive adjective: Serving to divest.
- divestiture noun /dɪˈvɛstɪt͡ʃɚ/: The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business.
- divestive adjective: Serving or tending to divest, or strip of a right or possession.
- divestment noun /daɪˈvɛstmənt/: The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
- divestor noun: Alternative form of divester.
- divewear noun: Items of clothing appropriate for diving.
- divey adjective /ˈdaɪvi/: Having the character of a dive, a disreputable bar or nightclub.
- divi noun: The dividend paid out by the Co-op
- divi-divi noun: Caesalpinia coriaria, a leguminous tree of the southern Western Hemisphere.
- divicine noun: 2,6-diamino-4,5-dihydroxypyrimidine, an oxidant found in fava beans and Lathyrus sativus. It is an aglycone of vicine.
- dividability noun: Capability of being divided.
- dividable adjective: Capable of being divided (into fractions or parts).
- dividant adjective: different; distinct
- divide noun, verb /dɪˈvaɪd/: To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
- divide and choose noun: A procedure for envy-free fair cake-cutting in which one person divides a heterogeneous resource in two and the other person chooses one of those two.
- divide and conquer noun, proverb, verb: In order to rule securely, do not allow alliances between your enemies.
- divide and rule verb: Synonym of divide and conquer.
- divide the House verb: to make a motion into a vote as a result of objection(s) to the motion as part of parliamentary procedure
- divide up verb: To divide, particularly into separate shares for distribution.
- divided adjective, verb: separated or split into pieces
- divided highway noun: A dual carriageway
- divided skirt noun: A skirt in the form of loose trousers.
- dividedly adverb: in a divided manner
- dividedness noun: The quality of being divided.
- dividence noun: Division.
- dividend noun, verb /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/: A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).
- dividend equalisation reserve noun: A fund set up to ensure that dividends remain stable despite changes in a company's earnings
- dividend reinvestment plan noun: A company-run program, in which for an enrolled shareholder, the program takes the company's stock dividend payout to the investor, to buy more shares in...
- dividend reinvestment program noun: Synonym of dividend reinvestment plan.
- dividend stripping noun: The practice of buying shares shortly before a dividend is declared and then selling them when they go ex dividend; used as an investment strategy or in tax...
- dividend trap noun: A kind of value trap which masks its problematic growth prospects by high dividend yield or dividend growth.
- dividend value trap noun: Synonym of dividend trap
- dividendless adjective: Without a dividend.
- divident noun: dividend; share
- divider noun /dɪˈvaɪdə(ɹ)/: One who or that which divides or separates.
- dividerless adjective: Without dividers.
- dividing adjective, noun, verb: Serving to divide or separate.
- dividing engine noun: An instrument for graduating the scales of scientific apparatus.
- dividing line noun: a line, often invisible, which marks the boundary between two areas.
- dividingly adverb: By division.
- dividings noun: A line at which tides from two inlets meet and tide-borne sediment deposits.
Part 79 · Part 81 · English words: D
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.