9-letter words containing a, l
- decidable — able to be decided
- decimally — by tens
- deck load — cargo carried on an open deck of a ship.
- declaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of declaim.
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- declarant — a person who makes a declaration
- declareth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'declare'.
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- declassee — (of a woman) having lost social standing or status
- declinant — a person who is declining or diminishing in luck or wealth
- declinate — (esp of plant parts) descending from the horizontal in a curve; drooping
- decodable — Able to be read using a certain set of reading knowledge.
- decollate — to separate (continuous stationery, etc) into individual forms
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- decubital — any position assumed by a patient when lying in bed.
- deep-laid — (of a plot or plan) carefully worked out and kept secret
- defalcate — to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
- defaulted — failure to act; inaction or neglect: They lost their best client by sheer default.
- defaulter — A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
- deferable — capable of being deferred or postponed: a deferrable project.
- deferrals — Plural form of deferral.
- defiantly — characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.
- defiladed — Simple past tense and past participle of defilade.
- defilades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defilade.
- definable — Something that is definable can be described or identified.
- definably — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- definatly — Misspelling of definitely.
- deflating — to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon): They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass.
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- defleaing — Present participle of deflea.
- deflorate — (of a plant) having lost its flowers
- defoliant — A defoliant is a chemical used on trees and plants to make all their leaves fall off. Defoliants are especially used in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- defoliate — To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- deglazing — Present participle of deglaze.
- deictical — Deictic.
- deinstall — Uninstall.
- deisolate — to remove from isolation.
- deistical — a person who believes in deism.
- dekaliter — ten liters, or one tenth of a hectoliter (2.6418 gallons liquid measure or 1.135 pecks dry measure): abbrev. dal
- del sarto — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- delamater — Cornelius Henry, 1821–89, U.S. mechanical engineer and shipbuilder.
- delaroche — (Hippolyte) Paul. 1797–1859, French painter of portraits and sentimental historical scenes, such as The Children of Edward IV in the Tower (1830)
- delavigne — (Jean François) Casiˈmir (kaziˈmɪʀ) ; kȧzēmirˈ) 1793-1843; Fr. poet & playwright
- delayable — able to be delayed
- delectate — to delight (a person)
- delegable — capable of being delegated: delegable authority.
- delegated — Entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself.
- delegatee — a person to whom something is delegated