9-letter words containing a, d, g
- doughball — a small ball of bread dough, cooked in a stew, as an accompaniment to a meal, etc
- doughface — a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
- downgrade — a downward slope, especially of a road.
- downrange — (of a missile, space launch, etc.) traveling in a specified direction away from the launch site and toward the target.
- downstage — at or toward the front of the stage.
- drabbling — Present participle of drabble.
- drag bunt — an in-motion bunt for a base hit usually attempted by a left-handed batter, who starts for first base while trailing the bat to meet the ball, without squaring around, in order to catch the infield by surprise. Compare sacrifice (def 6).
- drag down — demoralize
- drag hunt — drag (def 27c).
- drag into — To drag something or someone into an event or situation means to involve them in it when it is not necessary or not desirable.
- drag king — a female who dresses as a man and impersonates male characteristics for public entertainment
- drag lift — a lift which drags skiers up to the top of the slope
- drag link — a link connecting cranks on parallel shafts.
- drag race — a race between two or more automobiles starting from a standstill, the winner being the car that can accelerate the fastest.
- drag rake — a heavy rake with closely set, hooklike teeth, for use in digging for clams.
- drag sail — a sea anchor made of canvas.
- drag shoe — a type of braking device on a vehicle
- drag show — a performance by drag artists
- draggable — (computing, graphical user interface) Capable of being dragged.
- draggling — Present participle of draggle.
- draghound — a hound for use in following a hunting drag, specifically bred for speed and stamina rather than subtlety of sense of smell.
- draglifts — Plural form of draglift.
- draglines — Plural form of dragline.
- dragomans — Plural form of dragoman.
- dragonets — Plural form of dragonet.
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- dragonism — a strict and domineering manner
- dragonize — to turn into a dragon
- dragooned — Simple past tense and past participle of dragoon.
- dragooner — (obsolete) A dragoon.
- dragqueen — Alternative form of drag queen.
- dragsters — Plural form of dragster.
- dragstrip — a race course for drag racing
- drainages — Plural form of drainage.
- drainplug — A plug for a drain.
- dramaturg — a specialist in dramaturgy, especially one who acts as a consultant to a theater company, advising them on possible repertory.
- draughted — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughter — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draw game — a game in which a player must keep drawing pieces from the boneyard until a playable one is drawn.
- draw gear — an apparatus for coupling railway cars
- draw-gate — the valve that controls a sluice
- drop goal — In rugby, a drop goal is a goal that a player scores by dropping the ball and kicking it between the posts.
- drug czar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- drug tsar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- drugmaker — a person or company that manufactures pharmaceutical products.
- dumaguete — a city on S Negros, in the S central Philippines.
- dumb ague — an irregular form of intermittent malarial fever, lacking the usual chill.
- dung heap — a heap of dung
- dungannon — a district of S Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 48 695 (2003 est). Area: 783 sq km (302 sq miles)