9-letter words containing a, d, r, e, s
- coarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of coarsen.
- coatdress — a coatlike dress having a buttoned front and, usually, lapels and long sleeves
- codeshare — (aviation) Agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.
- colanders — Plural form of colander.
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- consarned — confounded; damned.
- costarred — Simple past tense and past participle of costar.
- cowardise — Obsolete spelling of cowardice.
- credenzas — Plural form of credenza.
- crevassed — containing deep cracks or fissures
- crispated — Crispate.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crusaders — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusadoes — Plural form of crusado.
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- 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.
- dasymeter — a device for measuring the density of gases
- daughters — Plural form of daughter.
- day nurse — a nurse who is on duty during the daytime
- daybreaks — Plural form of daybreak.
- daydreams — Plural form of daydream.
- dean rusk — (David) Dean, 1909–94, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1961–69.
- deaneries — Plural form of deanery.
- debarrass — to take from (a person) something that causes shame or embarrassment
- decagrams — Plural form of decagram.
- decanters — Plural form of decanter.
- decastere — a measure equivalent to ten steres or cubic metres
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decreased — Simple past tense and past participle of decrease.
- decreases — Plural form of decrease.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- deergrass — a perennial cyperaceous plant, Trichophorum caespitosum, that grows in dense tufts in peat bogs of temperate regions
- deferrals — Plural form of deferral.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- degarnish — to remove ornamentation from (something)
- degausser — a device that degausses
- degraders — Plural form of degrader.
- degreased — Simple past tense and past participle of degrease.
- degreaser — a substance or product that removes or dissolves grease
- deiparous — giving birth to a god