9-letter words containing a, d, o, l, e
- clogdance — a folk dance characterized by heavy stamping steps, performed while wearing clogs
- closehead — the entrance to a tenement close
- cloud ear — tree ear
- cloudware — software that runs and is accessed on remote Internet servers rather than on local servers or personal computers; web-based applications and services.
- coalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of coalesce.
- coalfield — A coalfield is a region where there is coal under the ground.
- code flag — a flag forming part of a signal code.
- code walk — (programming) Stepping through source code as part of a code review. Where a code walk probably only follows the potential control flow of a program, a dry run is a more detailed manual execution of a program that also keeps track of the value of every variable involved.
- colanders — Plural form of colander.
- cold case — a police inquiry that has been suspended with the crime still unsolved
- cold meat — a form of meat that has been cooked and allowed to become cold
- cold wave — a sudden spell of low temperatures over a wide area, often following the passage of a cold front
- coldwater — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- collapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of collapse.
- collonade — Alternative spelling of colonnade.
- colocated — Simple past tense and past participle of colocate.
- colonnade — A colonnade is a row of evenly-spaced columns.
- comedical — of, relating to, or of the nature of comedy.
- comradely — If you do something in a comradely way, you are being pleasant and friendly to other people.
- concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- conflated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflate.
- congealed — Simple past tense and past participle of congeal.
- copulated — Simple past tense and past participle of copulate.
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- corelated — to correlate.
- corralled — an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- coverdale — Miles. 1488–1568, the first translator of the complete Bible into English (1535)
- cupolated — having a cupola or cupolas.
- daedalion — a son of Lucifer who, despondent over the death of his daughter Chione, leaped off Parnassus: Apollo changed him into a hawk.
- 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)
- damoclean — a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness.
- dandelion — A dandelion is a wild plant which has yellow flowers with lots of thin petals. When the petals of each flower drop off, a fluffy white ball of seeds grows.
- dataglove — a glove connected to a computer and equipped with sensors allowing the actual movements of a person's hand to manipulate virtual objects
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- de molina — Tirso (ˈtirso). Pen name of Gabriel Téllez. ?1571–1648, Spanish dramatist; author of the first dramatic treatment of the Don Juan legend El Burlador de Sevilla (1630)
- 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)
- dead load — the intrinsic invariable weight of a structure, such as a bridge. It may also include any permanent loads attached to the structure
- dead loss — a person, thing, or situation that is completely useless or unprofitable
- deadlocks — Plural form of deadlock.
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
- decagonal — Shaped like a decagon.
- decalogue — Ten Commandments
- decapodal — (zoology) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- deck load — cargo carried on an open deck of a ship.
- decodable — Able to be read using a certain set of reading knowledge.
- decollate — to separate (continuous stationery, etc) into individual forms
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.