9-letter words containing a, l, i
- daliesque — of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of the surrealist art of Salvador Dali: giant advertising posters depicting Daliesque distortions of everyday objects.
- dalliance — If two people have a brief romantic relationship, you can say that they have a dalliance with each other, especially if they do not take it seriously.
- dalmatian — A Dalmatian is a large dog with short, smooth, white hair and black or dark brown spots.
- dalmatics — Plural form of dalmatic.
- daltonian — relating to John Dalton or his atomic theory
- daltonism — colour blindness, esp the confusion of red and green
- daly city — city in W Calif.: suburb of San Francisco: pop. 104,000
- damningly — in a damning manner
- dancelike — Having the characteristics of a dance.
- dandelion — A dandelion is a wild plant which has yellow flowers with lots of thin petals. When the petals of each flower drop off, a fluffy white ball of seeds grows.
- dandiacal — of the nature of a dandy, like a dandy
- dapatical — (obsolete) sumptuous in cheer.
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- darklings — in darkness
- darkslide — Alternative form of dark slide.
- darlingly — in a darling or charming manner
- dartingly — In a darting manner; rapidly.
- dashingly — In a dashing manner.
- dashlight — a light illuminating the dashboard of an automobile, esp at night
- data file — a file containing data that is used by a computer program
- data link — a telecommunications link between two locations enabling the transmission and receiving of data
- date line — international date line
- datelined — Simple past tense and past participle of dateline.
- datelines — Plural form of dateline.
- daubingly — in a coating or smearing manner
- dawnlight — The light of dawn.
- day pupil — a pupil at a boarding school who attends lessons during the day but does not sleep at the school
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.
- daylights — consciousness or wits (esp in the phrases scare, knock, or beat the (living) daylights out of someone)
- de molina — Tirso (ˈtirso). Pen name of Gabriel Téllez. ?1571–1648, Spanish dramatist; author of the first dramatic treatment of the Don Juan legend El Burlador de Sevilla (1630)
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- dead lift — a direct lifting without any mechanical assistance, as of a dead weight
- dead mail — undeliverable and unreturnable mail that is handled in the dead-letter office of the general post office.
- deadliest — causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
- deadlight — a bull's-eye let into the deck or hull of a vessel to admit light to a cabin
- deadlined — Simple past tense and past participle of deadline.
- deadlines — Plural form of deadline.
- deafblind — unable to hear or see
- deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- dealigned — Simple past tense and past participle of dealign.
- deathlike — resembling or suggestive of death
- deauville — a town and resort in NW France: casino. Pop: 3968 (2008)
- decalcify — to remove calcium or lime from (bones, teeth, etc)
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decennial — lasting for ten years
- decidable — able to be decided
- decimally — by tens