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9-letter words containing d, a, f

  • defraying — Present participle of defray.
  • delftware — glazed earthenware, usually blue and white, which originated in Delft
  • demassify — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
  • deskfasts — Plural form of deskfast.
  • diabolify — (transitive) To ascribe diabolical qualities to; to change into, or represent as, a devil.
  • difflugia — a genus of ameboid protozoans that construct a shell of cemented sand grains.
  • diffusate — (in dialysis) the solution or the crystalline material that passes into it through the semipermeable membrane; dialyzate.
  • dip fault — a fault that runs perpendicular to the strike of the affected rocks (i.e. parallel to the plane of the angle of dip of the rocks)
  • dirt farm — a tract of land on which a dirt farmer works.
  • disaffect — to alienate the affection, sympathy, or support of; make discontented or disloyal: The dictator's policies had soon disaffected the people.
  • disaffirm — to deny; contradict.
  • disfavors — Plural form of disfavor.
  • disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
  • disk farm — (jargon)   (Or "laundromat") A large room or rooms filled with disk drives (especially washing machines).
  • dismayful — filled with dismay
  • distaffer — a woman, especially in a field or place usually or generally dominated by men: the first distaffer to have a seat on the stock exchange.
  • disulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
  • dock leaf — the typically broad leaf of any of various temperate weedy plants of the polygonaceous genus Rumex, having greenish or reddish flowers
  • doorframe — the frame of a doorway, including two jambs and a lintel, or head.
  • doughface — a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
  • downdraft — a downward current, as of air: a downdraft in a mine shaft.
  • downfalls — Plural form of downfall.
  • draftable — Capable of being drafted.
  • draftsman — draughtsman (def 1).
  • draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
  • drag lift — a lift which drags skiers up to the top of the slope
  • draglifts — Plural form of draglift.
  • 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.
  • drain off — liquid: remove
  • drake fly — mayfly (def 2).
  • draw fire — If you draw fire for something that you have done, you cause people to criticize you or attack you because of it.
  • drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
  • drawknife — a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing over a surface.
  • dreadfull — Archaic spelling of dreadful.
  • 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.
  • dwarflike — Resembling a dwarf or some aspect of one; small, diminutive.
  • dwarfling — A diminutive dwarf.
  • dwarfness — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
  • edificant — Building; constructing.
  • edificial — a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.
  • end float — End float is the amount by which a shaft can move lengthwise.
  • enfiladed — Simple past tense and past participle of enfilade.
  • engrafted — Simple past tense and past participle of engraft.
  • fabrikoid — a waterproof fabric made of cloth coated with pyroxylin
  • fabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of fabulate.
  • face card — the king, queen, or jack of playing cards.
  • face cord — a measure of wood cut for fuel, as arranged in a pile 8 feet wide, 4 feet high, and with pieces 12 to 18 inches in length
  • face down — Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
  • factoidal — of or resembling a factoid; (of a piece of writing) comprising facts and factoids
  • facundity — (archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech.
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