9-letter words containing d, a, y, t
- dry plate — a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- dry steam — steam that does not contain droplets of water
- dryasdust — a dull, pedantic person
- drysalter — a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.
- dubitably — Defn en.
- dubitancy — doubt; uncertainty
- duty call — a visit made for reasons of obligation rather than for social reasons
- duty paid — on which duty has been paid
- duvet day — a day of leave from work that an employee is allowed to take at short notice
- dynameter — an instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes
- dynamited — Simple past tense and past participle of dynamite.
- dynamiter — A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully.
- dynamites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dynamite.
- dynamitic — relating to dynamite or those who use dynamite for illegal reasons
- dynamotor — an electrical machine having a single magnetic field and two independent armature windings of which one acts as a motor and the other a generator: used to convert direct current from a battery into alternating current
- dynasties — Plural form of dynasty.
- dyscratic — having or suffering from dyscrasia
- dysmature — Exhibiting dysmaturity.
- dysmetria — the inability to conform muscular action to desired movements because of faulty judgment of distance.
- dysthesia — an unusual or disagreeable feeling in or on the body compared to crawling or burning
- dysthymia — depression; despondency or a tendency to be despondent.
- dystopian — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- dystopias — Plural form of dystopia.
- earth day — environmental awareness day
- ecdysiast — stripper (def 3).
- educatory — educative.
- ethylated — Simple past tense and past participle of ethylate.
- eudialyte — a brownish-red mineral easily dissolved by acids
- exaltedly — In an exalted manner.
- facundity — (archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech.
- feast day — a day, especially a church holiday, for feasting and rejoicing.
- feudality — the state or quality of being feudal.
- feudatory — a person who holds lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal.
- first day — (among Quakers) Sunday.
- get ready — the state or condition of being ready.
- go steady — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- gradatory — (architecture) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
- gravidity — pregnant1 (def 1).
- heartedly — having a specified kind of heart (now used only in combination): hardhearted; sad-hearted.
- heptapody — a verse with seven metrical feet
- hydantoin — a colorless, needlelike, crystalline compound, C 3 H 4 N 2 O 2 , used in the synthesis of pharmaceutical substances and resins.
- hydathode — a specialized leaf structure through which water is exuded.
- hydranths — Plural form of hydranth.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hydrating — Present participle of hydrate.
- hydration — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydrolant — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Atlantic Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydronaut — a person trained to work in deep-sea vessels for research and rescue purposes.
- hydrostat — an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage.