9-letter words containing d, e, t, r, a
- distraite — (of a woman) inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
- dittander — a plant, Lepidium latifolium, of coastal regions of Europe, N Africa, and SW Asia, with clusters of small white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- diuranate — (inorganic chemistry) The dibasic anion U2O72- or any salt containing this anion.
- dixiecrat — a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil-rights programs of the Democratic Party, especially a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic Party.
- doctorate — Doctor of Philosophy (def 1).
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- 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.
- doorstead — the structure of a doorway.
- draftable — Capable of being drafted.
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- dragonets — Plural form of dragonet.
- dragsters — Plural form of dragster.
- dramatise — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- draughted — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughter — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draw-gate — the valve that controls a sluice
- drawplate — A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.
- drawsheet — a narrow sheet, often used on hospital beds, placed under a patient's buttocks and often over a rubber sheet, that can easily be removed if soiled.
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- dreamboat — a highly attractive or desirable person.
- dreamiest — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreamtime — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- dreariest — Superlative form of dreary.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- dry plate — a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- dry steam — steam that does not contain droplets of water
- drysalter — a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dynameter — an instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes
- dynamiter — A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully.
- dysmature — Exhibiting dysmaturity.
- dysmetria — the inability to conform muscular action to desired movements because of faulty judgment of distance.
- earth day — environmental awareness day
- earth-god — a god of fertility and vegetation.
- earthward — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- eastwards — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- editorial — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- educatory — educative.
- emendator — One who emends or critically edits.
- emigrated — Simple past tense and past participle of emigrate.
- enervated — Cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
- engrafted — Simple past tense and past participle of engraft.
- enthraled — (rare) Simple past tense and past participle of enthral.
- entrailed — Simple past tense and past participle of entrail.
- entrained — Simple past tense and past participle of entrain.
- entranced — Held at attention, as if by magic.