9-letter words containing d, a, l, e
- definatly — Misspelling of definitely.
- deflating — to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon): They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass.
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- defleaing — Present participle of deflea.
- deflorate — (of a plant) having lost its flowers
- defoliant — A defoliant is a chemical used on trees and plants to make all their leaves fall off. Defoliants are especially used in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- defoliate — To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- deglazing — Present participle of deglaze.
- deictical — Deictic.
- deinstall — Uninstall.
- deisolate — to remove from isolation.
- deistical — a person who believes in deism.
- dekaliter — ten liters, or one tenth of a hectoliter (2.6418 gallons liquid measure or 1.135 pecks dry measure): abbrev. dal
- del sarto — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- delamater — Cornelius Henry, 1821–89, U.S. mechanical engineer and shipbuilder.
- delaroche — (Hippolyte) Paul. 1797–1859, French painter of portraits and sentimental historical scenes, such as The Children of Edward IV in the Tower (1830)
- delavigne — (Jean François) Casiˈmir (kaziˈmɪʀ) ; kȧzēmirˈ) 1793-1843; Fr. poet & playwright
- delayable — able to be delayed
- delectate — to delight (a person)
- delegable — capable of being delegated: delegable authority.
- delegated — Entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself.
- delegatee — a person to whom something is delegated
- delegates — Plural form of delegate.
- delegator — a person who delegates
- deletable — able to be deleted
- delftware — glazed earthenware, usually blue and white, which originated in Delft
- delibrate — (obsolete) To strip off the bark; to peel.
- delicates — Underwear or lingerie.
- delictual — (legal) Derived from a delict (analogous to a tort).
- deligated — Simple past tense and past participle of deligate.
- delignate — (rare, transitive) To clear or strip of wood.
- delineate — If you delineate something such as an idea or situation, you describe it or define it, often in a lot of detail.
- delinkage — to make independent; dissociate; separate: The administration has delinked human rights from economic aid to underdeveloped nations.
- deliriant — involving or causing delirium.
- delphinia — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- delta ray — a particle, esp an electron, ejected from matter by ionizing radiation
- deltoidal — of or relating to a river delta.
- deludable — Capable of being deluded; gullible.
- demential — severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- demiglace — A rich brown sauce used in French cuisine by itself or as a base for other sauces.
- demilance — A light lance; a short spear.
- demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- denialism — Describes the position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence and seek to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly.
- denialist — a person who refuses to accept something that is regarded as an established fact
- denominal — denominative (def 2).
- denotable — Capable of being denoted or marked.
- dentalgia — Toothache.
- dentality — the quality given to spoken words by the use of teeth