9-letter words containing d, e, s, r
- desperate — If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- despoiler — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- destriers — Plural form of destrier.
- destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- destroyer — A destroyer is a small, heavily armed warship.
- destructo — a person who causes havoc or destruction
- destructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destruct.
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- detailers — Plural form of detailer.
- detainers — Plural form of detainer.
- detectors — Plural form of detector.
- detersion — the act of cleansing or deterging, esp of sores
- detersive — having cleansing power
- dethrones — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dethrone.
- detorsion — the act of, or the state of having undergone, detorting; a twisting, perversion, or distortion
- detrusion — the act of detruding.
- deuterons — Plural form of deuteron.
- deutscher — Isaac, 1907–1967, English journalist and author, born in Poland.
- dexterous — Someone who is dexterous is very skilful and clever with their hands.
- dextrorse — (of some climbing plants) growing upwards in a helix from left to right or anticlockwise
- dhrystone — (benchmark) A short synthetic benchmark program by Reinhold Weicker <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, intended to be representative of system (integer) programming. It is available in ADA, Pascal and C. The current version is Dhrystone 2.1. The author says, "Relying on MIPS V1.1 (the result of V1.1) numbers can be hazardous to your professional health." Due to its small size, the memory system outside the cache is not tested. Compilers can too easily optimise for Dhrystone. String operations are somewhat over-represented.
- diaereses — Plural form of diaeresis.
- diaeresis — the mark ¨, in writing placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to indicate that it is to be pronounced separately rather than forming a diphthong with the first, as in some spellings of coöperate, naïve, etc
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- diarrheas — Plural form of diarrhea.
- diaspores — Plural form of diaspore.
- diatribes — Plural form of diatribe.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dickerson — Eric Demetric [dih-me-trik] /dɪˈmɛ trɪk/ (Show IPA), born 1960, U.S. football player.
- dies irae — a Latin hymn on the Day of Judgment, commonly sung in a Requiem Mass.
- diesinker — an engraver of dies for stamping or embossing.
- diffusers — Plural form of diffuser.
- digesters — Plural form of digester.
- digitiser — Alternative spelling of digitizer.
- digressed — to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
- digresser — to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
- digresses — to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
- dihedrals — Plural form of dihedral.
- dimerises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dimerise.
- dimestore — Alternative spelling of dime store.
- dioestrus — diestrus.
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- dipterist — an expert on flies belonging to the order Diptera
- dipterous — Entomology. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
- directest — Superlative form of direct.
- directors — Plural form of director.
- dirigisme — Any economy in which the government exerts a strong directive influence, often with substantial, but not all, of the characteristics of a centrally planned economy.
- dirtiness — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- dis pater — Dis.