9-letter words containing a, d, r, s, t
- costarred — Simple past tense and past participle of costar.
- crispated — Crispate.
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- dark star — an invisible star known to exist only from observation of its radio, infrared, or other spectrum or of its gravitational effect, such as an invisible component of a binary or multiple star
- darmstadt — an industrial city in central Germany, in Hesse: former capital of the grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (1567–1945). Pop: 139 698 (2003 est)
- darnedest — (euphemistic) See damnedest.
- darwinist — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- dastardly — If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone.
- dasymeter — a device for measuring the density of gases
- daughters — Plural form of daughter.
- decanters — Plural form of decanter.
- decastere — a measure equivalent to ten steres or cubic metres
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- del sarto — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- demetrias — an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- denatures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denature.
- depasture — to graze or denude by grazing (a pasture, esp a meadow specially grown for the purpose)
- derivates — Plural form of derivate.
- derogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derogate.
- descartes — René (rəne). 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician. He provided a mechanistic basis for the philosophical theory of dualism and is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. He also founded analytical geometry and contributed greatly to the science of optics. His works include Discours de la méthode (1637), Meditationes de Prima Philosophia (1641), and Principia Philosophiae (1644)
- desecrate — If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
- desolater — One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.
- desolator — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- desparate — Misspelling of desperate.
- desperate — If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- detailers — Plural form of detailer.
- detainers — Plural form of detainer.
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- diaristic — stylistically like a diary
- diatribes — Plural form of diatribe.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dictators — Plural form of dictator.
- digastric — (of a muscle) having two bellies with an intermediate tendon.
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- dis pater — Dis.
- disasters — Plural form of disaster.
- disattire — (transitive) To undress.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- disnature — to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- disparate — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- disparity — lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank.
- disparted — Simple past tense and past participle of dispart.
- disrating — Present participle of disrate.
- distaffer — a woman, especially in a field or place usually or generally dominated by men: the first distaffer to have a seat on the stock exchange.
- distracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distract.