9-letter words containing a, d, r, t
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- drop tank — an external aircraft tank, usually containing fuel, that can be detached and dropped in flight
- drug tsar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- dry plate — a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- dry steam — steam that does not contain droplets of water
- dryasdust — a dull, pedantic person
- drysalter — a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dunbarton — former county of W Scotland
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- dust cart — a garbage truck.
- dustcarts — Plural form of dustcart.
- dynameter — an instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes
- dynamiter — A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully.
- dynamotor — an electrical machine having a single magnetic field and two independent armature windings of which one acts as a motor and the other a generator: used to convert direct current from a battery into alternating current
- 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.
- earth day — environmental awareness day
- earth-god — a god of fertility and vegetation.
- earthward — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- eastwards — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- editorial — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- educatory — educative.
- emendator — One who emends or critically edits.
- emigrated — Simple past tense and past participle of emigrate.
- enervated — Cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
- engrafted — Simple past tense and past participle of engraft.
- enthraled — (rare) Simple past tense and past participle of enthral.
- entrailed — Simple past tense and past participle of entrail.
- entrained — Simple past tense and past participle of entrain.
- entranced — Held at attention, as if by magic.
- entrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of entrap.
- entreated — Simple past tense and past participle of entreat.
- eradiated — Simple past tense and past participle of eradiate.
- eradicant — something that eradicates
- eradicate — Destroy completely; put an end to.
- estradiol — A major estrogen produced in the ovaries.
- estranged — (of a person) no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienated.
- estrapade — The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.
- estreated — Simple past tense and past participle of estreat.
- execrated — Simple past tense and past participle of execrate.
- extrabold — a font with very bold characters
- extracted — Simple past tense and past participle of extract.
- extradite — Hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed.
- fadometer — an instrument used to determine the resistance to fading of a pigment or dye