9-letter words containing a, d, r, t
- delftware — glazed earthenware, usually blue and white, which originated in Delft
- delibrate — (obsolete) To strip off the bark; to peel.
- deliriant — involving or causing delirium.
- delta ray — a particle, esp an electron, ejected from matter by ionizing radiation
- demarcate — If you demarcate something, you establish its boundaries or limits.
- demetrias — an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- demigrate — (obsolete) To emigrate.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- denatured — Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
- denatures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denature.
- denervate — to deprive (a tissue or organ) of its nerve supply
- 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
- deodorant — Deodorant is a substance that you can use on your body to hide or prevent the smell of sweat.
- departeth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'depart'.
- departing — to go away; leave: She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52.
- departure — Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
- depasture — to graze or denude by grazing (a pasture, esp a meadow specially grown for the purpose)
- depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
- deprecate — If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
- depredate — to plunder or destroy; pillage
- depurated — Simple past tense and past participle of depurate.
- derivated — Simple past tense and past participle of derivate.
- derivates — Plural form of derivate.
- dermatoid — resembling skin
- dermatome — a surgical instrument for cutting thin slices of skin, esp for grafting
- derogated — Simple past tense and past participle of derogate.
- derogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derogate.
- derogator — A detractor.
- derograte — To deviate from expectations.
- 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.
- detangler — a cosmetic product used to detangle hair
- detonator — A detonator is a small amount of explosive or a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is used to explode a bomb or other explosive device.
- detracted — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detracter — Alternative form of detractor.
- detractor — The detractors of a person or thing are people who criticize that person or thing.
- detrained — Simple past tense and past participle of detrain.
- detraquee — female insane person
- detreated — Simple past tense and past participle of detreat.
- deuterate — to treat or combine with deuterium
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.