9-letter words containing a, d, e, r, s, t
- derogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derogate.
- descartes — René (rəne). 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician. He provided a mechanistic basis for the philosophical theory of dualism and is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. He also founded analytical geometry and contributed greatly to the science of optics. His works include Discours de la méthode (1637), Meditationes de Prima Philosophia (1641), and Principia Philosophiae (1644)
- desecrate — If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
- desolater — One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.
- desolator — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- desparate — Misspelling of desperate.
- desperate — If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- detailers — Plural form of detailer.
- detainers — Plural form of detainer.
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- diatribes — Plural form of diatribe.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- dis pater — Dis.
- disasters — Plural form of disaster.
- disattire — (transitive) To undress.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- disnature — to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- disparate — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- disparted — Simple past tense and past participle of dispart.
- distaffer — a woman, especially in a field or place usually or generally dominated by men: the first distaffer to have a seat on the stock exchange.
- distraite — (of a woman) inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- doorstead — the structure of a doorway.
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- dragonets — Plural form of dragonet.
- dragsters — Plural form of dragster.
- dramatise — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- drawsheet — a narrow sheet, often used on hospital beds, placed under a patient's buttocks and often over a rubber sheet, that can easily be removed if soiled.
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- dreamiest — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreariest — Superlative form of dreary.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- dry steam — steam that does not contain droplets of water
- drysalter — a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.
- dysmature — Exhibiting dysmaturity.
- dysmetria — the inability to conform muscular action to desired movements because of faulty judgment of distance.
- eastwards — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- estradiol — A major estrogen produced in the ovaries.
- estranged — (of a person) no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienated.
- estrapade — The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.
- estreated — Simple past tense and past participle of estreat.
- farmstead — a farm together with its buildings.
- federates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of federate.
- fraudster — A person who practices fraud; a swindler.
- goatherds — Plural form of goatherd.