9-letter words containing d, i, e, r, s
- posidrive — having a patent screwhead that allows greater torque
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- postrider — (formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- predesign — to design beforehand or in advance
- predigest — to treat (food) by an artificial process analogous to digestion so that, when taken into the body, it is more easily digestible.
- president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
- presidial — presidential
- presiding — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presidium — (in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers: the presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
- prideless — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- rabidness — The property of being rabid.
- radio set — an apparatus that receives radio signals
- randiness — sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.
- re-siding — a piece or section of siding: to put backing material on the re-sides.
- readiness — the condition of being ready.
- recordist — Also called sound recordist. Movies. the person in charge of sound recording on a film set. Compare mixer.
- red maids — a fleshy plant, Calandrinia ciliata menziesi, of the purslane family, native to the western U.S., having rose-colored or crimson flowers.
- red osier — Also called red-osier dogwood. a North American dogwood, Cornus sericea (or C. stolonifera), having red twigs and branches and white fruits.
- red shift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- redeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- redigress — to digress again
- rediscuss — to discuss again
- redisplay — to display again
- redispose — to rearrange; readjust
- redivivus — living again; revived.
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- reediness — full of reeds: a reedy marsh.
- remscheid — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr region.
- rescinded — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- resending — to send again.
- reshipped — to ship again.
- residence — the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City.
- residency — residence (def 3).
- residents — a person who resides in a place.
- residuals — payment made to an actor, actress, musician, etc, for subsequent use of film in which the person appears
- residuary — entitled to the residue of an estate: a residuary legatee.
- residuous — residual, remaining
- resighted — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- reskinned — to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of: The space shuttle had to be reskinned before returning to service.
- restained — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- revisited — to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc.: to visit a friend; to visit clients; to visit Paris.
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rhodesoid — relating to or resembling Rhodesian man
- ridership — the passengers who use a given public transportation system, as buses or trains, or the number of such passengers.
- ridicules — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- rigidness — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- rigsdaler — a former silver coin of Denmark, equal to 16 skillings; rix-dollar.