9-letter words containing d, e, a
- deadfalls — Plural form of deadfall.
- deadheads — Plural form of deadhead.
- deadhouse — a mortuary
- deadliest — causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
- deadlight — a bull's-eye let into the deck or hull of a vessel to admit light to a cabin
- deadlined — Simple past tense and past participle of deadline.
- deadlines — Plural form of deadline.
- deadlocks — Plural form of deadlock.
- deadstick — To land an aircraft without power.
- deadstock — the merchandise or commodities of a shop, etc, that is unsold and generating no income
- deadwoods — Plural form of deadwood.
- deaerator — a piece of apparatus that extracts a gas from a liquid
- deaf-mute — A deaf-mute is someone who cannot hear or speak. This word could cause offence.
- deafblind — unable to hear or see
- deafening — A deafening noise is a very loud noise.
- 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.
- dealigned — Simple past tense and past participle of dealign.
- dealmaker — A dealmaker is someone in business or politics who makes deals.
- deamidase — an enzyme that releases the amido group from a compound.
- deamidate — (organic chemistry) To remove an amide functional group from a compound.
- deaminase — an enzyme that breaks down and takes out the amino group from amino compounds
- deaminate — to remove one or more amino groups from (a molecule)
- deaminize — deaminate
- dean rusk — (David) Dean, 1909–94, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1961–69.
- deaneries — Plural form of deanery.
- 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.
- deary me! — an exclamation of surprise or dismay
- 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
- deauville — a town and resort in NW France: casino. Pop: 3968 (2008)
- debagging — (British) present participle of debag.
- debarking — Present participle of debark.
- debarment — to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
- debarrass — to take from (a person) something that causes shame or embarrassment
- debarring — Present participle of debar.
- debatable — If you say that something is debatable, you mean that it is not certain.
- debatably — in a debatable or disputable manner
- debateful — quarrelsome