9-letter words containing a, d, r, s
- dramatist — a writer of dramas or dramatic poetry; playwright.
- draperies — coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
- draw lots — to decide an issue by using lots
- draw shot — a stroke that imparts a backward spin to the cue ball, causing it to roll back after striking the object ball. Compare follow shot (def 2).
- draw-slip — a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- drawbacks — Plural form of drawback.
- drawshave — drawknife.
- drawsheet — a narrow sheet, often used on hospital beds, placed under a patient's buttocks and often over a rubber sheet, that can easily be removed if soiled.
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- drawworks — A drawworks is a drum for reeling the drill string in and out.
- drayhorse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
- dreadless — having no apprehension, fear, or dread
- dreamiest — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreamless — undisturbed by dreams: a sound and dreamless sleep.
- dreariest — Superlative form of dreary.
- dressmake — to make dresses
- driveways — Plural form of driveway.
- drop pass — (in hockey and soccer) a pass in which a player in control of the ball or puck simply leaves it to be picked up by a trailing teammate and continues past it to draw off the defense.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- drug tsar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- drumheads — Plural form of drumhead.
- drunkards — Plural form of drunkard.
- dry basis — The dry basis is a measure of how much water is in a solid, which is expressed as the weight of water as a percentage of the completely dry solid.
- dry steam — steam that does not contain droplets of water
- dryasdust — a dull, pedantic person
- drysalter — a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.
- dungarees — dungarees. work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim. blue jeans.
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- dust cart — a garbage truck.
- dustcarts — Plural form of dustcart.
- dwarfness — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- dyscrasia — An abnormal or disordered state of the body or of a bodily part.
- dyscrasic — relating to, resulting from, or suffering from dyscrasia
- dyscratic — having or suffering from dyscrasia
- dysmature — Exhibiting dysmaturity.
- dysmetria — the inability to conform muscular action to desired movements because of faulty judgment of distance.
- dysphoria — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- dyspraxia — inability to perform coordinated movements.
- dyspraxic — Of or pertaining to dyspraxia.
- e-address — an e-mail address
- ear drops — Ear drops are medicine that you put directly in your ears one drop at a time.
- eastwards — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- eavesdrip — the falling or dripping of rainwater from the eaves of a building
- eavesdrop — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- encreased — Simple past tense and past participle of encrease.
- endangers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endanger.
- endeavors — Try hard to do or achieve something.