9-letter words containing d, f
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- dandified — greatly concerned with smartness of dress
- dandifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dandify.
- dandruffy — Dandrufflike.
- dandyfunk — a type of dessert typically eaten at sea, consisting of a cake or biscuit baked in fat and molasses
- data feed — (data, architecture) Some process for transferring data from one system to another in a predetermined form.
- data file — a file containing data that is used by a computer program
- data flow — (architecture) A data flow architecture or language performs a computation when all the operands are available. Data flow is one kind of data driven architecture, the other is demand driven. It is a technique for specifying fine-grain concurrency, usually in the form of two-dimensional graphs in which instructions that are available for concurrent execution are written alongside each other while those that must be executed in sequence are written one under the other. Data dependencies between instructions are indicated by directed arcs. Instructions do not reference memory since the data dependence arcs allow data to be transmitted directly from the producing instruction to the consuming one. Data flow schemes differ chiefly in the way that they handle re-entrant code. Static schemes disallow it, dynamic schemes use either "code copying" or "tagging" at every point of reentry. An example of a data flow architecture is MIT's VAL machine.
- data fork — Macintosh file system
- date from — If something dates from a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
- day shift — a group of workers who work a shift during the daytime in an industry or occupation where a night shift or a back shift is also worked
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- de forest — Lee. 1873–1961, US inventor of telegraphic, telephonic, and radio equipment: patented the first triode valve (1907)
- deacidify — to render (a substance) less acidic
- dead lift — a direct lifting without any mechanical assistance, as of a dead weight
- deadfalls — Plural form of deadfall.
- deaf-mute — A deaf-mute is someone who cannot hear or speak. This word could cause offence.
- deafblind — unable to hear or see
- deafening — A deafening noise is a very loud noise.
- debateful — quarrelsome
- debriefed — Simple past tense and past participle of debrief.
- debriefer — a person who debriefs or creates a report after an assignment or an incident
- decalcify — to remove calcium or lime from (bones, teeth, etc)
- deceitful — If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
- decertify — to withdraw or remove a certificate or certification from (a person, organization, or country)
- 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
- deerfield — a city in NE Illinois.
- defaecate — Alt form defecate.
- defalcate — to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
- defaulted — failure to act; inaction or neglect: They lost their best client by sheer default.
- defaulter — A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
- defeasing — to defeat or annul (a contract, deed, etc.).
- defeating — Present participle of defeat.
- defeatism — Defeatism is a way of thinking or talking which suggests that you expect to be unsuccessful.
- defeatist — A defeatist is someone who thinks or talks in a way that suggests that they expect to be unsuccessful.
- defeature — to blemish or disfigure (a person or thing)
- defecated — Simple past tense and past participle of defecate.
- defecates — to void excrement from the bowels through the anus; have a bowel movement.
- defecator — One who defecates.
- defecting — a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument; a defect in a machine.
- defection — the act or an instance of defecting
- defective — If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.
- defectors — Plural form of defector.
- defencing — defense.
- defendant — A defendant is a person who has been accused of breaking the law and is being tried in court.
- defenders — Plural form of defender.
- defending — making a defence
- defensins — Plural form of defensin.
- defensive — You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or something.
- defensory — (archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.