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9-letter words containing d, a, h

  • day shift — a group of workers who work a shift during the daytime in an industry or occupation where a night shift or a back shift is also worked
  • daylights — consciousness or wits (esp in the phrases scare, knock, or beat the (living) daylights out of someone)
  • dead hand — You can refer to the dead hand of a particular thing when that thing has a bad or depressing influence on a particular situation.
  • dead heat — If a race or contest is a dead heat, two or more competitors are joint winners, or are both winning at a particular moment in the race or contest. In American English, you can say that a race or contest is in a dead heat.
  • dead-head — To dead-head a plant which is flowering means to remove all the dead flowers from it.
  • deadheads — Plural form of deadhead.
  • deadhouse — a mortuary
  • deadlight — a bull's-eye let into the deck or hull of a vessel to admit light to a cabin
  • deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
  • dear john — a letter from a woman informing her boyfriend or fiancé that she is ending their relationship or informing her husband that she wants a divorce: Nothing is worse for a soldier's morale than getting a Dear John.
  • dearheart — A term of affection.
  • death cap — a poisonous woodland saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus, Amanita phalloides, differing from the edible mushroom (Agaricus) only in its white gills (pinkish-brown in Agaricus) and the presence of a volva
  • death cup — a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita.
  • death ray — an imaginary ray capable of killing
  • death row — If someone is on death row, they are in the part of a prison which contains the cells for criminals who have been sentenced to death.
  • death tax — a tax on money or property that a person inherits
  • deathbeds — Plural form of deathbed.
  • deathbell — Alternative form of death bell.
  • deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
  • deathless — immortal, esp because of greatness; everlasting
  • deathlike — resembling or suggestive of death
  • deathsman — an executioner
  • deathtrap — If you say that a place or vehicle is a deathtrap, you mean it is in such bad condition that it might cause someone's death.
  • deathward — having an inclination or disposition towards death
  • debauched — If you describe someone as debauched, you mean they behave in a way that you think is socially unacceptable, for example because they drink a lot of alcohol or have sex with a lot of people.
  • debauchee — a man who leads a life of reckless drinking, promiscuity, and self-indulgence
  • debaucher — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
  • debauches — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
  • dec alpha — (processor)   A RISC microprocessor from DEC. In November 1995, the Alpha was purportedly the fastest non-research chip used in commonly available workstations. It is superpipelined and superscalar. In February 1996 it was clocked at 200 MHz and in March 1998 at 666 MHz.
  • decachord — a ten-stringed musical instrument
  • decahedra — plural form of singular decahedron: solid figure with ten plane faces
  • decastich — a poem that consists of ten lines
  • decathect — to withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss: He decathected from her in order to cope with her impending death.
  • decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
  • déchéance — the act of forfeiting something
  • deck hand — a seaman assigned various duties, such as mooring and cargo handling, on the deck of a ship
  • deckchair — A deckchair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deckchairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the garden.
  • declareth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'declare'.
  • degarnish — to remove ornamentation from (something)
  • dehra dun — a city in N India, the capital of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal): Indian military academy (1932). Pop: 447 808 (2001)
  • dehydrate — When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
  • delaroche — (Hippolyte) Paul. 1797–1859, French painter of portraits and sentimental historical scenes, such as The Children of Edward IV in the Tower (1830)
  • delphinia — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
  • departeth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'depart'.
  • derzhavin — Gavril Romanovich [gah-vril roh-mah-nuh-vich;; Russian guh-vryil ruh-mah-nuh-vyich] /gɑˈvrɪl roʊˈmɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian gəˈvryɪl rəˈmɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1743–1816, Russian poet.
  • deschamps — Émile (French emil), full name Émile Deschamps de Saint-Armand. 1791–1871, French poet, dramatist, and librettist: a leading figure in the French romantic movement
  • detaching — Present participle of detach.
  • dharmsala — an Indian hostel or rest-house, often built with religious purpose
  • diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
  • diachylon — a type of adhesive plaster, formerly made of various plant juices, but later containing lead oxide and glycerin
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