9-letter words containing d, a, l, r
- dry plate — a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- dry-clean — to clean (garments, draperies, rugs, etc.) with a liquid other than water, as benzine or gasoline.
- drysalter — a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.
- drywalled — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- drywaller — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- dual-carb — (of an engine) equipped with a pair of carburetors.
- dulcamara — a type of vine with orange fruit and purple flowers that is a member of the Solanaceae family
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dulocracy — rule by slaves.
- duralumin — an alloy of aluminum that is 4 percent copper and contains small amounts of magnesium, manganese, iron, and silicon: used for applications requiring lightness and strength, as in airplane construction.
- duumviral — relating to duumvirs
- dwarflike — Resembling a dwarf or some aspect of one; small, diminutive.
- dwarfling — A diminutive dwarf.
- ealdorman — alderman.
- ealdormen — Plural form of ealdorman.
- earlywood — the light-coloured wood made by a tree in the spring that shows up in the yearly growth ring
- ebrillade — a tug on the rein when a horse will not turn
- editorial — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- el dorado — a fabled city in South America, rich in treasure and sought by Spanish explorers in the 16th century
- eldercare — Care of people who are elderly or infirm, provided by residential institutions, by paid daily help in the home, or by family members.
- endurable — Able to be endured; bearable.
- endurably — In an endurable or tolerable manner.
- engarland — to cover or surround with a garland
- ensnarled — Simple past tense and past participle of ensnarl.
- enthraled — (rare) Simple past tense and past participle of enthral.
- entrailed — Simple past tense and past participle of entrail.
- epidermal — Of or pertaining to the epidermis.
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- escalader — A soldier who escalades.
- esclandre — (archaic) Infamy.
- esdraelon — a plain in N Israel, east of Mount Carmel
- estradiol — A major estrogen produced in the ovaries.
- everglade — A marshy tract of land that is mostly under water and covered with tall grass.
- exodermal — of or relating to the protective outer layer (exodermis) of a plant root
- extrabold — a font with very bold characters
- fair deal — the principles of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Harry S Truman, consisting largely of a continuation and development of the principles of the New Deal.
- fair-lead — a pulley block, metal ring, etc. used to guide a line and cause it to run easily without chafing
- fairfield — a city in central California.
- fairyland — the imaginary realm of fairies.
- fallboard — the hinged covering that protects a piano keyboard when it is not being played.
- farandole — a lively dance, of Provençal origin, in which all the dancers join hands and execute various figures.
- farmlands — Plural form of farmland.
- federally — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- federals' — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- feldspars — Plural form of feldspar.
- feralized — having once been domesticated but subsequently returned to wildness
- fernandel — real name Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin. 1903–71, French comic film actor
- fieldfare — a European thrush, Turdus pilaris, having reddish-brown plumage with an ashy head and a blackish tail.
- fieldward — towards a field or fields
- filagreed — Simple past tense and past participle of filagree.