9-letter words containing a, c, r, d
- dish rack — frame for drying dishes
- displacer — a person or thing that displaces.
- distracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distract.
- dixiecrat — a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil-rights programs of the Democratic Party, especially a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic Party.
- dockyards — Plural form of dockyard.
- doctorand — a student working towards a doctorate
- doctorate — Doctor of Philosophy (def 1).
- doctorial — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- docudrama — a fictionalized drama based primarily on actual events.
- dog track — racing circuit for dogs
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- door jack — a frame for holding a door while its edge is being planed.
- doorcases — Plural form of doorcase.
- down card — a card that is dealt and played face down, as in blackjack and stud poker.
- draconian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Athenian statesman Draco, or his severe code of laws.
- drag race — a race between two or more automobiles starting from a standstill, the winner being the car that can accelerate the fastest.
- drama-doc — a film which combines fact and fiction
- dramatics — (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas.
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- draw back — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- drawbacks — Plural form of drawback.
- drawbench — a bench having apparatus for cold-drawing wires, tubes, etc.
- dreadlock — A single strand of dreadlocks.
- drop arch — a pointed arch having radii of length less than the span.
- drop back — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- drug czar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- druidical — Alt form Druidical.
- dry-clean — to clean (garments, draperies, rugs, etc.) with a liquid other than water, as benzine or gasoline.
- dual-carb — (of an engine) equipped with a pair of carburetors.
- duckboard — a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.
- dulcamara — a type of vine with orange fruit and purple flowers that is a member of the Solanaceae family
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dulocracy — rule by slaves.
- dust cart — a garbage truck.
- dustcarts — Plural form of dustcart.
- dyscrasia — An abnormal or disordered state of the body or of a bodily part.
- dyscrasic — relating to, resulting from, or suffering from dyscrasia
- dyscratic — having or suffering from dyscrasia
- dyspraxic — Of or pertaining to dyspraxia.
- ear candy — Slang. pleasant, melodic pop music.
- ecohazard — any substance or activity that poses a threat to a habitat or an environment: Off-the-road motorcycling is an ecohazard to fragile desert habitats.
- ecuadoran — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- ediacaran — of, denoting, or formed in the last 50 million years of the Neoproterozoic era, during which a new texturally and chemically distinctive carbonate layer appeared, indicating climatic change
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- educatory — educative.
- eldercare — Care of people who are elderly or infirm, provided by residential institutions, by paid daily help in the home, or by family members.
- encreased — Simple past tense and past participle of encrease.
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.