9-letter words containing a, d, o, l, e
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- deflorate — (of a plant) having lost its flowers
- defoliant — A defoliant is a chemical used on trees and plants to make all their leaves fall off. Defoliants are especially used in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- defoliate — To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- deisolate — to remove from isolation.
- del sarto — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- delaroche — (Hippolyte) Paul. 1797–1859, French painter of portraits and sentimental historical scenes, such as The Children of Edward IV in the Tower (1830)
- delegator — a person who delegates
- deltoidal — of or relating to a river delta.
- demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- denominal — denominative (def 2).
- denotable — Capable of being denoted or marked.
- deposable — Capable of being deposed, or deprived of office.
- desolated — wretched or forlorn
- desolater — One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.
- desolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desolate.
- desolator — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- detonable — able to be detonated
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- diabolize — to make (someone or something) diabolical
- dial tone — The dial tone is the same as the dialling tone.
- dialogite — rhodochrosite.
- dialogize — to carry on a dialogue
- dialogued — Simple past tense and past participle of dialogue.
- dialogues — Plural form of dialogue.
- diplomaed — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
- diplomate — a person who has received a diploma, especially a doctor, engineer, etc., who has been certified as a specialist by a board within the appropriate profession.
- dislocate — to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- do a deal — to arrange or settle; conclude (a transaction)
- do a line — to associate (with a person of the opposite sex) regularly; go out (with)
- do battle — fight, struggle
- docetaxel — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- dock leaf — the typically broad leaf of any of various temperate weedy plants of the polygonaceous genus Rumex, having greenish or reddish flowers
- dodecanal — lauric aldehyde.
- dodgeball — a circle game in which players throw an inflated ball at opponents within the circle who try to avoid being hit, and therefore eliminated, the winner being the one who remains unhit.
- dolgellau — a market town and tourist centre in NW Wales, in Gwynedd. Pop: 2407 (2001)
- dollarize — to replace a country's currency with the US dollar
- domitable — Able to be tamed or bent to one's will; tamable, subduable.
- donatello — (Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi) 1386?–1466, Italian sculptor.
- done deal — sth formally agreed
- doorplate — a small identification plate on the outside door of a house or room, bearing the occupant's name, the apartment or house number, or the like.
- double ax — an ax with a double-edged blade, frequently depicted in prehistoric decorative designs of the eastern Mediterranean region, especially in Minoan religious sites.
- doubleday — Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.
- doubtable — (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
- dovetails — Plural form of dovetail.
- downscale — located at, moving toward, or of or for the middle or lower end of a social or economic scale: The discount store caters mainly to downscale customers.
- dreadlock — A single strand of dreadlocks.
- dreamhole — a light-admitting hole in a tower
- drop leaf — a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use.