9-letter words containing d, e, n, r
- deburring — Present participle of deburr.
- decameron — a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague
- decanters — Plural form of decanter.
- deceleron — (on a fixed-wing aircraft) a type of aileron that enables the aircraft to have a degree of control when it goes into a roll
- decennary — decade (sense 2)
- decenters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decenter.
- decentral — Not central; decentralized.
- decentred — to put out of center.
- decerning — Present participle of decern.
- dechunker — chunker
- declarant — a person who makes a declaration
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- decliners — Plural form of decliner.
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- deconvert — An apostate.
- decreeing — Present participle of decree.
- decrement — the act of decreasing; diminution
- decretion — The act of decreasing.
- decurions — Plural form of decurion.
- decurrent — extending down the stem, esp (of a leaf) having the base of the blade extending down the stem as two wings
- decursion — a military exercise performed by men bearing arms
- deer fern — a common tufted erect fern of the polypody family, Blechnum spicant, having dark-green lanceolate leaves: it prefers acid soils, and in the US is sometimes grown as deer feed
- deerhound — a very large rough-coated breed of dog of the greyhound type
- deerskins — Plural form of deerskin.
- defenders — Plural form of defender.
- defensory — (archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
- deference — Deference is a polite and respectful attitude towards someone, especially because they have an important position.
- deferents — Plural form of deferent.
- deferment — Deferment means arranging for something to happen at a later date.
- deferring — to submit for decision; refer: We defer questions of this kind to the president.
- deforming — Present participle of deform.
- defraying — Present participle of defray.
- degarnish — to remove ornamentation from (something)
- degearing — the process in which a company replaces some or all of its fixed-interest loan stock with ordinary shares
- degerming — to rid of germs.
- degrading — causing humiliation; debasing
- dehorning — Present participle of dehorn.
- dehra dun — a city in N India, the capital of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal): Indian military academy (1932). Pop: 447 808 (2001)
- deianeira — a sister of Meleager and wife of Hercules, whom she killed unwittingly by giving him a shirt that had been dipped in the poisoned blood of Nessus.
- deionizer — A device that deionizes something.
- deliriant — involving or causing delirium.
- demarking — demarcate.
- demeanors — Plural form of demeanor.
- demeanour — Your demeanour is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- demeanure — Obsolete form of demeanor.
- demeraran — originating from or native to Demerara
- demerging — Present participle of demerge.
- demersion — immersion in a fluid
- demurring — Present participle of demur.
- denatured — Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.