9-letter words containing a, r, t, u
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- dartmouth — a port in SW England, in S Devon: Royal Naval College (1905). Pop: 5512 (2001)
- daughters — Plural form of daughter.
- decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.
- 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.
- defeature — to blemish or disfigure (a person or thing)
- denatured — Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
- denatures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denature.
- departure — Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
- depasture — to graze or denude by grazing (a pasture, esp a meadow specially grown for the purpose)
- depurated — Simple past tense and past participle of depurate.
- detraquee — female insane person
- deuterate — to treat or combine with deuterium
- diatretum — a type of decorative Roman bowl or cup made of glass
- dictature — dictatorship
- disnature — to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- diuranate — (inorganic chemistry) The dibasic anion U2O72- or any salt containing this anion.
- diuturnal — Durable, long-lasting.
- drag bunt — an in-motion bunt for a base hit usually attempted by a left-handed batter, who starts for first base while trailing the bat to meet the ball, without squaring around, in order to catch the infield by surprise. Compare sacrifice (def 6).
- drag hunt — drag (def 27c).
- dramaturg — a specialist in dramaturgy, especially one who acts as a consultant to a theater company, advising them on possible repertory.
- draughted — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughter — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- drawn-out — long-drawn-out.
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- drug tsar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- dryasdust — a dull, pedantic person
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dunbarton — former county of W Scotland
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- dust cart — a garbage truck.
- dustcarts — Plural form of dustcart.
- dysmature — Exhibiting dysmaturity.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- educatory — educative.
- elaterium — a greenish sediment prepared from the juice of the squirting cucumber, used as a purgative
- electuary — A medicinal substance mixed with honey or another sweet substance.
- elutriate — Separate (lighter and heavier particles in a mixture) by suspension in an upward flow of liquid or gas.
- emulators — Plural form of emulator.
- encapture — (transitive) To capture.
- encurtain — to cover or surround with curtains or a veil
- enrapture — Give intense pleasure or joy to.
- entourage — A group of people attending or surrounding an important person.
- enumerate — Mention (a number of things ) one by one.
- epuration — purification
- estuarial — Relating to an estuary.