Words Containing DACT
138 words contain DACT anywhere. Scores range up to 35 points (ZYGODACTYLISMS), averaging 21 points with standard English tile values. Every entry below shows its point value, US and UK dictionary validity, and a definition where available.
Lacking fingers or toes.
Having toes arranged with three forward, one back.
Having unequal toes, especially in birds.
Plural of ANISODACTYL.
A hoofed mammal with an even number of toes on each foot.
Belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla.
Plural of ARTIODACTYL.
A person who learns without a teacher.
Self-taught; learning by one's own efforts.
Self-education or self-directed learning.
Plural of AUTODIDACT.
An animal having abnormally short fingers or toes.
Having abnormally short fingers or toes.
Plural of BRACHYDACTYLY.
The condition of having abnormally short fingers or toes.
Having abnormally short fingers or toes.
Shortness of the fingers and toes.
A metrical foot of three syllables, with stress on the first.
Relating to a finger, toe, or claw of an insect or crustacean.
Plural of dactylus.
Consisting of or relating to dactyls in poetry.
In a dactylic manner or meter.
Plural of DACTYLIC.
The craft of engraving gems.
Plural of DACTYLIOLOGY.
The study of engraved gems.
Plural of DACTYLIOMANCY.
Divination using finger rings.
One who writes dactylic verse.
Plural of DACTYLIST.
A fingerprint.
Plural of DACTYLOGRAM.
A person who studies fingerprints.
Plural of DACTYLOGRAPHER.
Relating to the study of fingerprints.
Plural of DACTYLOGRAPHY.
The study or use of fingerprints for identification.
Plural of DACTYLOLOGY.
Communication using finger and hand signs, especially for the deaf.
Plural of DACTYLOSCOPY.
Identification by fingerprints.
Plural of DACTYL.
The tip segment of a leg or tentacle in some arthropods and cephalopods.
A person inclined or intended to instruct others.
Intended to teach or instruct, especially moral lessons.
Intended to teach, often moralistically.
In an instructive or moralizing manner.
Teaching or instructing, often with moral intent.
Plural of DIDACTICISM.
Plural of DIDACTIC.
Plural of DIDACT.
Having only two toes or fingers.
Having only two fingers or toes on a limb.
Plural of DIDACTYLISM.
Having only two digits on each limb.
Plural of DIDACTYL.
Having free toes, as some amphibians.
A type of shell or fossil.
Plural of GEDACT.
Having toes arranged with first and second backward.
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ZYGODACTYLISMS scores 35 points, the highest in this list using standard English tile values.