9-letter words containing a, d, r, i
- decameric — Of or pertaining to a decamer.
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- deckchair — A deckchair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deckchairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the garden.
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- defibrate — to break (wood, paper, garbage, etc.) into fibrous components; reduce to fibers.
- defraying — Present participle of defray.
- degarnish — to remove ornamentation from (something)
- degearing — the process in which a company replaces some or all of its fixed-interest loan stock with ordinary shares
- degrading — causing humiliation; debasing
- degrative — (chemistry) of something causing a cell or organism to degrade.
- deianeira — a sister of Meleager and wife of Hercules, whom she killed unwittingly by giving him a shirt that had been dipped in the poisoned blood of Nessus.
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- dekaliter — ten liters, or one tenth of a hectoliter (2.6418 gallons liquid measure or 1.135 pecks dry measure): abbrev. dal
- 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)
- delibrate — (obsolete) To strip off the bark; to peel.
- deliriant — involving or causing delirium.
- demarking — demarcate.
- demetrias — an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- demigrate — (obsolete) To emigrate.
- denigrate — If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them.
- denitrate — to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which a compound loses a nitro or nitrate group, nitrogen dioxide, or nitric acid
- depardieu — Gérard. born 1948, French film actor, granted Russian citizenship in 2013. His films include Jean de Florette (1986), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Green Card (1991), The Man in the Iron Mask (1997), and Tais-toi (2003)
- departing — to go away; leave: She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52.
- depraving — Present participle of deprave.
- depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
- derailers — Plural form of derailer.
- derailing — Present participle of derail.
- deranging — Present participle of derange.
- derivable — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- derivably — in a way that is able to be derived
- derivated — Simple past tense and past participle of derivate.
- derivates — Plural form of derivate.
- dermatoid — resembling skin
- derzhavin — Gavril Romanovich [gah-vril roh-mah-nuh-vich;; Russian guh-vryil ruh-mah-nuh-vyich] /gɑˈvrɪl roʊˈmɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian gəˈvryɪl rəˈmɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1743–1816, Russian poet.
- desideria — an ardent longing, as for something lost.
- desirable — Something that is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular.
- desirably — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- despaired — loss of hope; hopelessness.
- despairer — a person who despairs
- detailers — Plural form of detailer.
- detainers — Plural form of detainer.
- detrained — Simple past tense and past participle of detrain.
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- devil ray — manta.
- devil-ray — manta.
- diablerie — magic or witchcraft connected with devils
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages