9-letter words containing a, l
- draglines — Plural form of dragline.
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
- drainable — Capable of being drained.
- drainless — inexhaustible.
- drainplug — A plug for a drain.
- drake fly — mayfly (def 2).
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- draw lots — to decide an issue by using lots
- draw play — draw (def 54).
- draw-loom — an early handloom used for producing figured fabrics.
- draw-slip — a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
- drawplate — A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.
- dreadfull — Archaic spelling of dreadful.
- dreadless — having no apprehension, fear, or dread
- dreadlock — A single strand of dreadlocks.
- dreamhole — a light-admitting hole in a tower
- dreamland — a pleasant, lovely land that exists only in dreams or the imagination; the region of reverie.
- dreamless — undisturbed by dreams: a sound and dreamless sleep.
- dreamlike — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- drillable — Machinery, Building Trades. a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation. a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- drinkable — suitable for drinking.
- drinkably — from the point of view of how drinkable something is
- driveable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- drop goal — In rugby, a drop goal is a goal that a player scores by dropping the ball and kicking it between the posts.
- drop leaf — a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use.
- droppable — Capable of being dropped (especially by an aircraft).
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- druidical — Alt form Druidical.
- dry plate — a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- dry-clean — to clean (garments, draperies, rugs, etc.) with a liquid other than water, as benzine or gasoline.
- drysalter — a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.
- drywalled — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- drywaller — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- du bellay — Joachim [French zhaw-a-keem] /French ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), Bellay, Joachim du.
- dual boot — (operating system) Any system offering the user the choice of two operation systems (OSes) under which to start a computer. A dual boot system allows the user to run programs for both operating systems on a single computer (though not simultaneously). The term "multiple boot" or "multiboot" extends the idea to more than two OSes. The OSes are generally unaware of each other's existence. They are installed on separate hard disk partitions or on separate disks. They may be able to access each other's files, possibly via some extra driver software if they use different file systems. The OSes need not be completely different - they might be different versions of Microsoft Windows (e.g. Windows XP and Windows NT) or Linux (e.g. Debian and Fedora). A dual boot system differs from an emulator such as vmware, which runs one or more OSes "on top" of the primary OS, using its resources.
- dual-band — of or relating to mobile telephones that can operate on two GSM frequency bands
- dual-carb — (of an engine) equipped with a pair of carburetors.
- dualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- dualities — Plural form of duality.
- duathlons — Plural form of duathlon.
- dubitable — open to doubt; doubtful; uncertain.
- dubitably — Defn en.
- duck-walk — to walk like a duck, as with legs apart and feet turned outward.
- ducktails — Plural form of ducktail.
- dudelsack — doodlesack.
- dulcamara — a type of vine with orange fruit and purple flowers that is a member of the Solanaceae family
- dulcianas — Plural form of dulciana.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.