diagonalization
US spelling of diagonalisation.

diagonalizations
plural of diagonalization

dialability
The potential to be dialed: the state or condition of being dialable.

diaminoguanidine
Either of two isomeric diamino derivatives of guanidine (in which two terminal hydrogen atoms are replaced by -NH₂ groups)

diaminoguanidines
plural of diaminoguanidine

diazoma
A corridor that divided sections of an Ancient Greek theatre.

diazomas
plural of diazoma

diazomata
plural of diazoma

dibhole
The lowest part of a mine, into which the water drains.

dibholes
plural of dibhole

dicasteries
plural of dicastery

dicastery
A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical.
A judicial body of the ancient Athenian state, made up of dicasts.

dichasia
plural of dichasium

dichasium
A cymose inflorescence with all branches below the terminal flower in regular opposite pairs.

dicksmith
A United States Navy hospital corpsman.

dicksmiths
plural of dicksmith

diclofurime
A calcium channel blocker.

dictatoriality
Dictatorialness, the quality or state of being dictatorial.

didaskaleinophobia
The fear of going to school.

dikgosana
plural of kgosana

dikgotla
plural of kgotla

dikka
A tribune raised upon columns from which the Qur'an is recited and prayers are intoned by the Imam of a mosque.

dikkas
plural of dikka

dimble
A bower; a dingle.

dimbles
plural of dimble

dineries
plural of dinery

dinery
A dining establishment; a restaurant.

dingleberries
plural of dingleberry

dingleberry
Vaccinium erythrocarpum, the southern mountain cranberry.
A stupid or foolish person.
Dried fecal matter adhering to anal hair.
Any residual irregularity following processing.

dingonek
A large fanged, scaly cryptid with leopard-like markings and a finny tail, reported from near Lake Victoria in 1907.

dingoneks
plural of dingonek

dioecism
The devolution of a city into its formerly subordinate constituents, the opposite of synoecism.
The condition of being dioecious.

diorama
A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape.

dioramas
plural of diorama

dipsey
Deep sea.
A deep-sea lead.
A sinker attached to a fishing line.
A line having several branches, each with such a sinker, used in deep-sea fishing.

dipseys
plural of dipsey

dipsie
Alternative form of dipsey.

dipsies
plural of dipsie
plural of dipsy

dipsy
Alternative form of dipsey.

dipteroi
plural of dipteros

dipteros
A building with double peristyle or colonnade.

diquark
The hypothetical state of two quarks grouped inside a baryon.

diquarkonium
A metastable state formed from a pair of diquarks

diquarks
plural of diquark

directorate
An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.
A body of directors.

directorates
plural of directorate

dirigism
Alternative form of dirigisme.

dirigisme
A policy of strong state control over the economy and related social matters.

dirigismes
plural of dirigisme

dirigisms
plural of dirigism

disafforestation
The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.
Deforestation.

disafforestations
plural of disafforestation

disappointment
The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.
An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.

disappointments
plural of disappointment

disarmament
The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.
The act of disarming an opponent in a fight.

disarmaments
plural of disarmament

discaire
Alternative spelling of disquaire (“disc jockey”).

discaires
plural of discaire.

discotheque
A nightclub where dancing takes place.

disendowment
The ceasing of endowment or endowments, especially said of the church.

disendowments
plural of disendowment

disestablishmentarianism
The campaign to disestablish the Church of England.

disexcitation
The change in state of an excited state as it loses a quantum of energy.

disexcitations
plural of disexcitation

disimprisonment
release from prison

disimprovement
Reduction from a better to a worse state.
Attempt to make something better while ending up worse than before.

disimprovements
plural of disimprovement

disincarceration
A release from prison.

disjointure
An instance or state of being disjoint; separation.

disjointures
plural of disjointure

disjunctivism
A school of thought that rejects the existence of sense data in certain cases, believing that a hallucination differs from a veridical experience in that the latter is the experience of an actual external entity.

diskerie
Alternative form of diskery.

diskeries
plural of diskery
plural of diskerie

diskery
A phonograph-record manufacturer; a shop that sells phonograph records.

dismals
A dismal or melancholy state.

disoccupation
Lack of occupation; The state of having nothing to occupy one's time; idleness.
Synonym of unemployment.
The removal of the occupants of a place.
The process of ending a military occupation.
The use of art to convert a space to one that reveals "emptiness", as opposed to one that is merely empty; the revelation of negative space by sculpture.

dispassion
Freedom from passion; the absence of passion; an undisturbed state; ataraxy.

dispassions
plural of dispassion

disphenocingulum
A polyhedron, one of the Johnson solids, having 20 triangular and 4 square faces.

dispo
A marijuana dispensary.

disquaire
A disc jockey, especially one in a French-speaking country.

disquaires
plural of disquaire

disrespectability
Lack of respectability; state of being disrespectable.

dissapointment
Misspelling of disappointment.

dissolvabilities
plural of dissolvability

dissolvability
Capacity of being dissolved; the state of being dissolvable

distancy
distance (state of being distant)

distemperment
distempered state; distemperature

distemperments
plural of distemperment

distributionism
distributism

distributism
An economic ideology, based on Catholic social teachings, according to which property ownership is a fundamental right and the means of production should be spread as widely as possible rather than being centralized under the control of the state, corporations, or a few individuals.

distributivism
distributism

ditchside
The area beside a ditch.

ditchsides
plural of ditchside

ditriglyph
A space for two triglyphs in the entablature between columns.

ditriglyphs
plural of ditriglyph

divekeeper
The proprietor of a seedy bar or tavern.

divekeepers
plural of divekeeper

diveshop
A diving centre.

divinitie
Obsolete form of divinity.

divinities
plural of divinity

divinity
The state, position, or fact of being a god or God.
Synonym of deity.
A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man.
The study of religion or religions.
A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.

djebel
Alternative spelling of jebel.

djebels
plural of djebel

dobla
A historical gold coin used in the Iberian peninsula between the 11th and 16th centuries.

doblas
plural of dobla

dockage
Docks collectively; dock space.
A charge levied for docking.

dockages
plural of dockage

dockisation
Alternative form of dockization.

dockization
conversion of an area of water into a dock, by excluding the tide with a dam

dockland
The land area surrounding a dock, especially the renovated or gentrified areas surrounding a former dock.

dockworking
Work at a dock, typically loading and unloading freight.

dodgem
A bumper car in an amusement park.

dodgems
plural of dodgem