9-letter words containing d, e, l, i, r
- crude oil — Crude oil is oil in its natural state before it has been processed or refined.
- curlicued — Simple past tense and past participle of curlicue.
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- darkslide — Alternative form of dark slide.
- day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- deciliter — one tenth of a liter (3.376 fluid ounces or 6.1024 cubic inches)
- decilitre — one tenth of a litre
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- decliners — Plural form of decliner.
- deer lick — a naturally or artificially salty area of ground where deer come to lick the salt
- deerfield — a city in NE Illinois.
- deglorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- dekaliter — ten liters, or one tenth of a hectoliter (2.6418 gallons liquid measure or 1.135 pecks dry measure): abbrev. dal
- 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)
- delibrate — (obsolete) To strip off the bark; to peel.
- delighter — a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.
- delimiter — a character or group of characters which mark a limit in computer code
- deliriant — involving or causing delirium.
- delirious — Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they are very ill and have a fever.
- deliriums — Plural form of delirium.
- delivered — to carry and turn over (letters, goods, etc.) to the intended recipient or recipients: to deliver mail; to deliver a package.
- deliverer — to carry and turn over (letters, goods, etc.) to the intended recipient or recipients: to deliver mail; to deliver a package.
- deliverly — quickly; nimbly; deftly
- demiworld — demimonde (defs 4, 5).
- deploring — Present participle of deplore.
- derailers — Plural form of derailer.
- derailing — Present participle of derail.
- derelicts — Plural form of derelict.
- derisible — subject to or deserving of derision; ridiculous
- derivable — to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from).
- derivably — in a way that is able to be derived
- desirable — Something that is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular.
- desirably — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- desireful — Filled with desire; eager.
- despoiler — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- detailers — Plural form of detailer.
- devil ray — manta.
- devil-ray — manta.
- diablerie — magic or witchcraft connected with devils
- diametral — located on or forming a diameter
- diarrheal — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- dietarily — of or relating to diet: a dietary cure.
- dihedrals — Plural form of dihedral.
- dilberted — (jargon) To be exploited and oppressed by your boss. Derived from the experiences of Dilbert, the geek-in-hell comic strip character. "I've been dilberted again. The old man revised the specs for the fourth time this week."
- dillinger — John, 1902–34, U.S. bank robber and murderer.