9-letter words containing a, r, i, d
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- dipyramid — bipyramid.
- diradical — an atom or molecule having two unpaired electrons.
- dire dawa — city in E Ethiopia: pop. 98,000
- dirt farm — a tract of land on which a dirt farmer works.
- dirt road — an unpaved road.
- dirtboard — A long skateboard with larger-than-average wheels, designed for off-road use.
- dirty war — a war conducted by the military or secret police of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the regime's use of kidnapping, torture, and murder, with members of the civilian population often the victims.
- dis pater — Dis.
- disablers — Plural form of disabler.
- disaccord — to be out of accord; disagree.
- disaffirm — to deny; contradict.
- disagreed — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- disagreer — One who disagrees.
- disagrees — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disagree.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- disarming — removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.
- disarrays — Plural form of disarray.
- disasters — Plural form of disaster.
- disattire — (transitive) To undress.
- disbarred — to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- disbursal — The act of disbursing money.
- discarded — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discarder — One who, or that which, discards.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discordia — the ancient Roman goddess of discord, identified with the Greek goddess Eris.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- disembark — to go ashore from a ship.
- disenamor — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disfavors — Plural form of disfavor.
- disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disgraced — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- disgracer — One who disgraces.
- disgraces — Plural form of disgrace.
- dish rack — frame for drying dishes
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- disk farm — (jargon) (Or "laundromat") A large room or rooms filled with disk drives (especially washing machines).
- disnature — to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- 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.
- displacer — a person or thing that displaces.
- displayer — One who, or that which, displays.
- dispraise — to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.