Word origins

• cystocarpA minute vesicle in some seaweeds, containing the reproductive carpospores.
• cythero-Relating to Venus
• cyto-cell.
• cytoblastemaThe protoplasm, out of which life was thought to arise.
• cytodeA nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life, differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present
• cytoidcell-like; applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc.
• cytulaThe fertilized egg cell or parent cell, whose development produces the child or other organism.
• dacrocyteA type of poikilocyte that is shaped like a teardrop.
• dacryo-Relating to tears; lacrimal.
• dactylectomyThe amputation of a finger.
• dactyliographyThe art of gem engraving.
• dactyliologyThe branch of archaeology dealing with gems or gem engraving.
• dactylitisInflammation of an entire digit (a finger or toe).
• dactylo-digit (finger, thumb, or toe); dactyly.
• dactylocampsisPermanent flexion or bending of one or more fingers or toes.
• dactylomancyDivination by various methods using rings, such as using silver or gold rings placed on the fingernails in patterns in conjunction with the planets.
• dactyloscopyThe forensic analysis and comparison of fingerprints as a means of identification of individuals.
• dactylousFinger-like.
• dactylyThe number and arrangement of digits (fingers and toes) on the hands, feet, or (sometimes) wings, of a tetrapod animal.
• DaedalidaeA deme of ancient Attica, located north of Alopece, southeast of Athens.
• daimonianA daimon, especially that which inspired or warned Socrates.
• DamocritusA Greek author mentioned only in the Suda, whose work provides the earliest attestation of a blood libel.
• DaphnephoriaA festival held every nine years at Thebes in Boeotia in honour of Apollo Ismenius or Galaxius.
• DaphnephorosA boy chosen as the chief figure in the Daphnephoria procession.
• daphnomancyDivination by laurel branches or trees, leaves etc.
• daseianUsing or relating to a medieval form of musical notation with varying numbers of staves and a system of four shapes rotated to represent eighteen pitches.
• dasy-hairy, shaggy, dense, used in compound words
• dasymeterAn instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density.
• dasymetricOf or relating to a method of thematic mapping that uses areal symbols to classify volumetric data in a spatial manner.
• dasy pneumaSynonym of rough breathing.
• dasyproctidAny member of the family Dasyproctidae of agoutis and acouchis
• dasypygalHaving hairy buttocks.
• dasyureAny of various Australasian carnivorous marsupials, of the family Dasyuridae, which include the marsupial equivalent to cats
• datoliteA borosilicate of lime commonly occurring in glassy, greenish crystals, with the chemical formula CaBSiO₄(OH).
• decacanthHaving ten larval hooks.
• decachordAn Ancient Greek musical instrument with ten strings, resembling the harp.
• decadarchySynonym of decarchy.
• decakis-A variant of deca-, used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix
• decarchyA government of ten people, especially (historical) various Greek councils of ten men
• deesisA call to witness.
• degmacyteAn abnormally-shaped red blood cell with one or more semicircular portions removed from the cell margin, resulting from the removal of denatured hemoglobin by macrophages in the spleen.
• Deidamiathe daughter of King Lycomedes of Scyros
• deimaticDesigned to startle or frighten a potential predator.
• deinothereAny of the genus †Deinotherium of large, extinct proboscidean mammals, a relative of modern elephants.
• deipno-Dinner, banquet.
• deipnosophistA master of the art of dining, particularly learned conversation in the manner of Athenaeus's characters.
• deixisThe use of a word, such as a particle or pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the immediate physical, temporal, or grammatical context; a word used in such a way.
• dekadTen days, especially of rainfall. Generally identified as dekad 1: 1ˢᵗ-10ᵗʰ, dekad 2: 11ᵗʰ-20ᵗʰ, and dekad 3: 21ˢᵗ-last day of each month.
• dekadarchySynonym of decarchy: rule by ten people.
• deltiologyThe study and collection of postcards.
• deltoidusthe deltoid muscle.
• demarchThe chief magistrate of a deme.
• demo-people
• demogeronMember of a demogerontia.
• demonomagyMagic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black magic.
• demonymA name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place, usually derived from the name of the place.
• demophileA friend of the people.
• demospongeA sponge of the class Demospongiae, having skeletons made of spongin fibers.
• demoticsThe area of knowledge relating to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense.
• demotistOne versed in the ancient Egyptian demotic writing.
• dendr-Used to form words concerning trees or branching
• dendrographiaCreating an illusion of reality through vivid description of a tree.
• dendrolatryThe worship of trees.
• dendroliteA petrified or fossilised tree, plant, or part of a plant.
• depsi-Knead, make supple.
• deradelphusConjoined twins fused at the thorax and having a single head and neck.
• -dermskin or covering
• -dermaskin or skin disease
• dermaticOf or relating to the skin.
• dermatillomaniaA mental disorder characterized by the urge to pick at one's own skin.
• dermato-Dermal: dermis, but also often, broadly, skin or epidermis.
• -dermatoushaving a specified type skin
• dermo-dermal: dermis, but also often, broadly, skin or epidermis.
• -desisBinding, fusion.
• desmidAny of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.
• desmitisinflammation of a ligament.
• desmo-bond, connection, ligament
• desmocollinAny of a family of glycoproteins (cadherin), found in desmosomes, responsible for intercellular adhesion.
• desmodontAny of a group of South American blood-sucking bats of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla.
• desmodromicHaving different controls for its actuation in different directions, especially of an engine valve that is positively closed by a cam and leverage system rather than springs.
• desmoidPertaining to a bundle.
• desmologyThe branch of anatomy which concerns ligaments.
• DesposyniThose people in the same family descent as Jesus Christ.
• deuteragonistA secondary character; specifically, the second most important character (after the protagonist).
• deuterideAny hydride in which normal hydrogen is replaced by deuterium.
• deutero-Second or secondary.
• deuteropathyA sympathetic affection of any part of the body, such as headache from an overloaded stomach.
• di-Two.
• dia-through, across
• diabaterialCrossing the boundaries.
• diabololatrydevil worship
• diabrosiscorrosion, erosion, or ulceration
• diachoresisThe excretion or passage of feces.
• diachylonA plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants, later made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerine mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.
• diachysisA method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
• diacodiumA type of syrup made from poppies.
• diacranterianHaving the back teeth separated from the front teeth.
• diacrisisSynonym of diagnosis.
• diadelphousOf a flower, or the plant bearing it: having the stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form two separate bundles, or a bundle and a lone separate stamen.
• diadochiThe rival generals of Alexander the Great who fought for control over his empire after his death in 323 BCE.