9-letter words containing a, d, s, p
- dead-spot — Anatomy. a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones.
- debt swap — A debt swap is a legal agreement where two people or companies exchange their debts, often where one has a fixed interest rate and one does not.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- depascent — Consuming.
- depasture — to graze or denude by grazing (a pasture, esp a meadow specially grown for the purpose)
- deposable — Capable of being deposed, or deprived of office.
- deschamps — Émile (French emil), full name Émile Deschamps de Saint-Armand. 1791–1871, French poet, dramatist, and librettist: a leading figure in the French romantic movement
- despaired — loss of hope; hopelessness.
- despairer — a person who despairs
- desparate — Misspelling of desperate.
- desperado — A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
- desperate — If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- despotate — An area ruled by a despot (\u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03c0\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries).
- despumate — to clarify or purify (a liquid) by skimming a scum from its surface
- diagraphs — Plural form of diagraph.
- diapasons — Plural form of diapason.
- diapauses — Plural form of diapause.
- diapensia — An evergreen arctic shrub, Diapensia lapponica.
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- diaphyses — Plural form of diaphysis.
- diaphysis — the shaft of a long bone
- diapirism — the existence of diapirs
- diapyesis — the discharge of pus
- diasporas — Plural form of diaspora.
- diaspores — Plural form of diaspore.
- diasporic — of or relating to a (or the) Diaspora
- die-stamp — to produce words or decoration on (a surface) by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- diplomats — Plural form of diplomat.
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- dis pater — Dis.
- disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- dish soap — a detergent added to dishwater in order to clean dishes
- disk pack — a cylinder containing several magnetic disks that can be installed in or removed from a disk drive as a unit: used for data storage and retrieval.
- disparage — to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- 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.
- dispauper — to divest of the status of a person having the privileges of a pauper, as of public support or of legal rights as a pauper.
- dispersal — The action or process of distributing things or people over a wide area.
- displaced — lacking a home, country, etc.
- displacer — a person or thing that displaces.
- displaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of displace.
- displayed — (of a bird) represented with wings and legs spread: an eagle displayed.
- displayer — One who, or that which, displays.
- displease — to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.
- disposals — Plural form of disposal.
- dispraise — to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.
- disputant — a person who disputes; debater.