9-letter words containing a, d, e, s
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- cuspidate — having a cusp or cusps
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- d'amboise — Jacques [French zhahk] /French ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), (Joseph) born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer.
- dacquoise — a cake with nut meringue layers and buttercream
- daffiness — silliness; craziness
- daghestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- dahabeahs — Plural form of dahabeah.
- dailiness — the quality or nature of being daily
- daintiest — Superlative form of dainty.
- dal segno — (of a piece of music) to be repeated from the point marked with a sign to the word fine
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- daliesque — of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of the surrealist art of Salvador Dali: giant advertising posters depicting Daliesque distortions of everyday objects.
- damascene — to ornament (metal, esp steel) by etching or by inlaying, usually with gold or silver
- damaskeen — Alternative form of damascene.
- damnedest — If you say that something is the damnedest thing, you are emphasizing that it is surprising or odd.
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- dandifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dandify.
- dandiness — Quality of being dandy.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- dantesque — in the style of Dante; characterized by impressive elevation of style with deep solemnity or somberness of feeling.
- dark ages — the period from about the late 5th century ad to about 1000 ad, once considered an unenlightened period
- darkeners — Plural form of darkener.
- darkeness — Obsolete form of darkness.
- darkhorse — Having the character of a dark horse.
- darknesse — Archaic spelling of darkness.
- darkslide — Alternative form of dark slide.
- darnedest — (euphemistic) See damnedest.
- dassiepis — (South African English) hyraceum: The solidified urine of a dassie, used medicinally, inter-alia, for epilepsy.
- dasymeter — a device for measuring the density of gases
- data base — a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
- databased — Simple past tense and past participle of database.
- databases — Plural form of database.
- datasheet — A document summarizing the performance and other technical characteristics of a product.
- datastage — (database, tool) A tool set for designing, developing, and running applications that populate one or more tables in a data warehouse or data mart.
- dataviews — Graphical user interface development software from V.I.Corporation, aimed at constructing platform-independent interactive views of dynamic data.
- datebooks — Plural form of datebook.
- datedness — the state of being old-fashioned
- datelines — Plural form of dateline.
- datepalms — Plural form of datepalm.
- daughters — Plural form of daughter.
- dauntless — A dauntless person is brave and confident and not easily frightened.
- dawsonite — a mineral that is made up of sodium and aluminium hydrous carbonate and occurs in crystalline form
- day nurse — a nurse who is on duty during the daytime
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- daybreaks — Plural form of daybreak.
- daydreams — Plural form of daydream.
- dazedness — the condition of being dazed
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- deaconess — (in the early church and in some modern Churches) a female member of the laity with duties similar to those of a deacon