9-letter words containing d, i, f
- 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.
- defencing — defense.
- defending — making a defence
- defensins — Plural form of defensin.
- defensive — You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or something.
- deferring — to submit for decision; refer: We defer questions of this kind to the president.
- defiances — Plural form of defiance.
- defiantly — characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.
- defibered — (of food) having little or no natural fiber, typically as the result of commercial refining or processing.
- defibrate — to break (wood, paper, garbage, etc.) into fibrous components; reduce to fibers.
- deficient — If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
- defiladed — Simple past tense and past participle of defilade.
- defilades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defilade.
- definable — Something that is definable can be described or identified.
- definably — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- definatly — Misspelling of definitely.
- definetly — Misspelling of definitely.
- definiens — the word or words used to define or give an account of the meaning of another word, as in a dictionary entry
- definiton — Misspelling of definition.
- deflating — to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon): They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass.
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- defleaing — Present participle of deflea.
- deflexion — deflection
- defluxion — anything that flows downwards
- defogging — to remove the fog or moisture from (a car window, mirror, etc.).
- defoliant — A defoliant is a chemical used on trees and plants to make all their leaves fall off. Defoliants are especially used in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- defoliate — To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- deforming — Present participle of deform.
- deformity — A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way.
- defraying — Present participle of defray.
- defrizzed — Simple past tense and past participle of defrizz.
- defueling — combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- defunding — Present participle of defund.
- deglorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- demassify — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- demulsify — to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which an emulsion is permanently broken down into its constituents
- demystify — If you demystify something, you make it easier to understand by giving a clear explanation of it.
- demythify — to remove the mythical characteristics from (a person)
- den chief — (in the Boy Scouts) a boy scout who supervises a cub scout den in cooperation with a den mother or den father.
- denitrify — to undergo or cause to undergo loss or removal of nitrogen compounds or nitrogen
- densified — to impregnate (wood) with additives under heat and pressure in order to achieve greater density and hardness.
- densifier — something that makes things more dense
- dentiform — shaped like a tooth
- desertify — to (cause to) become a desert
- designful — full of design or intention
- desireful — Filled with desire; eager.
- deviceful — full of devices; inventive; cunning
- devilfish — any manta