9-letter words containing a, c, d, i
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- curarized — Simple past tense and past participle of curarize.
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- cuspidate — having a cusp or cusps
- custodial — Custodial means relating to keeping people in prison.
- custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
- cyanamide — a white or colourless crystalline soluble weak dibasic acid, which can be hydrolysed to urea. Formula: H2NCN
- cycadeoid — a member of an order of plants with woody stems and tough leaves that became extinct during the Cretaceous period
- cycloidal — Pertaining to or resembling a cycloid; or a circle.
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- cytocidal — capable of killing cells.
- dabchicks — Plural form of dabchick.
- dacoitage — (in India and Myanmar) a robbery by an armed gang or dacoit
- dacquoise — a cake with nut meringue layers and buttercream
- dactylics — Plural form of dactylic.
- dactylist — someone who writes poetry in dactyls
- dadaistic — the style and techniques of a group of artists, writers, etc., of the early 20th century who exploited accidental and incongruous effects in their work and who programmatically challenged established canons of art, thought, morality, etc.
- dairy cow — a cow which is used to produce milk
- dalliance — If two people have a brief romantic relationship, you can say that they have a dalliance with each other, especially if they do not take it seriously.
- dalmatics — Plural form of dalmatic.
- daly city — city in W Calif.: suburb of San Francisco: pop. 104,000
- dancelike — Having the characteristics of a dance.
- dandiacal — of the nature of a dandy, like a dandy
- dapatical — (obsolete) sumptuous in cheer.
- davis cup — an annual international lawn tennis championship for men's teams
- daycation — a day trip to a resort, hotel, etc that does not involve staying the night
- deacidify — to render (a substance) less acidic
- deadstick — To land an aircraft without power.
- decalcify — to remove calcium or lime from (bones, teeth, etc)
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decameric — Of or pertaining to a decamer.
- decamping — Present participle of decamp.
- decanting — to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decastich — a poem that consists of ten lines
- deceasing — Present participle of decease.
- decennial — lasting for ten years
- decidable — able to be decided
- deciduate — having or characterized by a decidua.
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- decimally — by tens
- decimated — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimate.
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- deckchair — A deckchair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deckchairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the garden.
- declaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of declaim.
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- declaring — Present participle of declare.