9-letter words containing d, e, p, r
- doorpiece — an architecturally treated doorframe.
- doorplate — a small identification plate on the outside door of a house or room, bearing the occupant's name, the apartment or house number, or the like.
- doorsteps — Plural form of doorstep.
- dopesters — Plural form of dopester.
- douzepers — the 12 great peers of the realm, seen as the symbolic heirs of Charlemagne's 12 chosen peers
- drainpipe — a large pipe that carries away the discharge of waste pipes, soil pipes, etc.
- draperies — coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
- drawplate — A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.
- dredge up — Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
- drepanium — a type of flower cluster shaped like a sickle
- drillpipe — A drillpipe is a piece of tubular steel in a well, used for lowering and raising equipment and supplying drilling mud.
- drip feed — intravenous feeding.
- drip-feed — intravenous feeding.
- dripstone — Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- drop bear — a mythical creature said to live in the outback; it resembles an oversized koala with sharp teeth and drops from trees to devour unwary passers-by
- drop dead — inspiring awe, astonishment, or envy: a drop-dead guest list; a drop-dead sable coat.
- drop keel — centerboard.
- drop leaf — a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- drop zone — an area into which paratroopers, soldiers, or supplies are landed from aircraft for a military operation. Abbreviation: DZ.
- drop-dead — inspiring awe, astonishment, or envy: a drop-dead guest list; a drop-dead sable coat.
- droppable — Capable of being dropped (especially by an aircraft).
- dropsonde — an instrument similar to a radiosonde that is attached to a parachute and released from an aircraft.
- dropstone — an old name for stalactites
- drupelets — Plural form of drupelet.
- dry plate — a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- dry slope — an artificial ski slope used for tuition and practice
- dry spell — a prolonged period of dry weather.
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- ear drops — Ear drops are medicine that you put directly in your ears one drop at a time.
- eavesdrip — the falling or dripping of rainwater from the eaves of a building
- eavesdrop — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
- eldership — Seniority; the state or condition of being older.
- empowered — (US) Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.
- empressed — Simple past tense and past participle of empress.
- empurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of empurple.
- encrypted — Being in code; having been encrypted.
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.
- endomorph — A person with a soft round body build and a high proportion of fat tissue.
- endoproct — entoproct
- endorphin — Any of a group of hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system and having a number of physiological functions. They are peptides that activate the body’s opiate receptors, causing an analgesic effect.
- endosperm — The part of a seed that acts as a food store for the developing plant embryo, usually containing starch with protein and other nutrients.
- endospore — A resistant asexual spore that develops inside some bacteria cells.
- endpapers — Plural form of endpaper.
- ensphered — Simple past tense and past participle of ensphere.
- entrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of entrap.
- enwrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of enwrap.
- ephedrine — A crystalline alkaloid drug obtained from some ephedras. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used to relieve asthma and hay fever.
- ephemerid — (zoology) Any member of the Ephemeridae.