9-letter words containing d, e, a

day-clean — the time after first dawn when the sun begins to shine; clear daybreak
day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.
day-trade — to buy and sell a listed security or commodity on the same day, usually on margin, for a quick profit.
daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
daybreaks — Plural form of daybreak.
daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
daydreams — Plural form of daydream.
daydreamy — Inclined to daydream; scatterbrained or idealistic.
dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
daywalker — (fantasy) One who can go out in the sunlight, distinguished from vampires etc. who cannot.
dayworker — a person who works during the daytime
dazedness — the condition of being dazed
de gaulle — Charles (André Joseph Marie) (ʃarl). 1890–1970, French general and statesman. During World War II, he refused to accept Pétain's armistice with Germany and founded the Free French movement in England (1940). He was head of the provisional governments (1944–46) and, as first president of the Fifth Republic (1959–69), he restored political and economic stability to France
de la rue — Warren, 1815–89, English astronomer and inventor.
de lancey — James, 1703–60, American jurist and politician in New York.
de molina — Tirso (ˈtirso). Pen name of Gabriel Téllez. ?1571–1648, Spanish dramatist; author of the first dramatic treatment of the Don Juan legend El Burlador de Sevilla (1630)
de morgan — Augustus, 1806–71, English mathematician and logician.
de valera — Eamon (ˈeɪmən). 1882–1975, Irish statesman; president of Sinn Féin (1917–26) and of the Dáil (1918–22); formed the Fianna Fáil party (1927); prime minister (1937–48; 1951–54; 1957–59) and president (1959–73) of the Irish Republic
de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
de varona — Donna, born 1947, U.S. swimmer.
deacidify — to render (a substance) less acidic
deaconess — (in the early church and in some modern Churches) a female member of the laity with duties similar to those of a deacon
deactuate — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
dead ball — a way of referring to the ball when it is not in play and cannot be used by any player, usually because it has travelled beyond a boundary line
dead beat — a person who deliberately avoids paying debts.
dead code — (programming) (Or "infeasible path", "grunge") Any part of a program that can never be accessed because all calls to it have been removed, or because it is guarded by a control structure that provably must always transfer control somewhere else. The presence of dead code may reveal either logical errors due to alterations in the program or significant changes in the assumptions and environment of the program (see also software rot); a good compiler should report dead code so a maintainer can think about what it means. Sometimes it simply means that an *extremely* defensive programmer has inserted can't happen tests which really can't happen - yet. Synonym grunge.
dead data — data that is no longer relevant
dead drop — a prearranged secret spot where one espionage agent leaves a message or material for another agent to pick up.
dead duck — If you describe someone or something as a dead duck, you are emphasizing that you think they have absolutely no chance of succeeding.
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 lift — a direct lifting without any mechanical assistance, as of a dead weight
dead load — the intrinsic invariable weight of a structure, such as a bridge. It may also include any permanent loads attached to the structure
dead loss — a person, thing, or situation that is completely useless or unprofitable
dead mail — undeliverable and unreturnable mail that is handled in the dead-letter office of the general post office.
dead meat — If you say that someone is dead meat, you mean that they are in very serious trouble that may result in them being hurt or injured in some way.
dead spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
dead time — the interval of time immediately following a stimulus, during which an electrical device, component, etc, is insensitive to a further stimulus
dead tree — (publication, jargon) Paper. Use of this term emphasises the waste of natural resources and limited features available from the printed form of a document compared with an electronic rendition. E.g. "I read the dead tree edition of the Guardian on the train". See also tree-killer.
dead wire — a wire that is not carrying current
dead wood — People or things that have been used for a very long time and that are no longer considered to be useful can be referred to as dead wood.
dead zone — an area of water that cannot support marine life, being virtually devoid of oxygen due to the presence of nitrates that stimulate algae growth
dead-beat — If you are dead-beat, you are very tired and have no energy left.
dead-head — To dead-head a plant which is flowering means to remove all the dead flowers from it.
dead-melt — to melt (steel) until killed.
dead-spot — Anatomy. a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones.
dead-tree — printed on paper
deadbeats — Plural form of deadbeat.
deadening — A deadening situation destroys people's enthusiasm and imagination.

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