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Showing words for DESMID using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Desmid

desmid, middes

5 Letter Words for Desmid

deids, deism, dimes, disme, idems, sided

4 Letter Words for Desmid

deid, deis, demi, desi, died, diem, dies, dime, dims, idem, ides, ised, mdse, meds, mide, mids, semi, side, sime

3 Letter Words for Desmid

dds, ded, dei, dem, des, did, die, dim, dis, dmd, edd, eds, ems, esd, esm, ide, ids, ise, ism, med, mei, mes, mid, mis, sed, sei, sem, sie, sim

Definitions for Desmid

[1] any single-celled freshwater algae of the family Desmidiaceae, characterized by a division of the body into mirror-image halves joined by a bridge containing the nucleus, and having a spiny or bristly exterior: sometimes forming into colonies or branching filaments.
[2] any freshwater green alga of the mainly unicellular family Desmidioideae , typically constricted into two symmetrical halves

Words nearby Desmid

desknote, deskperson, desktop, desktop publishing, desman, desmid, desmitis, desmo-, desmocranium, desmogenous, desmoid

Origin of Desmid

1860–65; < New Latin Desmidium a genus of the family < Greek desm(ós ) a band, chain (compare deîn to fasten) + New Latin -idium -idium

Other words from Desmid

des·mid·i·an , adjective

Word origin for Desmid

C19: from New Latin Desmidium (genus name), from Greek desmos bond, from dein to bind