9-letter words containing d, i, s, a, l
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- daylights — consciousness or wits (esp in the phrases scare, knock, or beat the (living) daylights out of someone)
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- deadliest — causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
- deadlines — Plural form of deadline.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- defilades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defilade.
- deinstall — Uninstall.
- deisolate — to remove from isolation.
- deistical — a person who believes in deism.
- delicates — Underwear or lingerie.
- denialism — Describes the position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence and seek to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly.
- denialist — a person who refuses to accept something that is regarded as an established fact
- derailers — Plural form of derailer.
- desalting — Present participle of desalt.
- descaling — Present participle of descale.
- desirable — Something that is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular.
- desirably — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- detailers — Plural form of detailer.
- devisable — (of property, esp realty) capable of being transferred by will
- dew snail — a slug
- diabolism — activities designed to enlist the aid of devils, esp in witchcraft or sorcery
- diabolist — Theology. action aided or caused by the devil; sorcery; witchcraft. the character or condition of a devil. a doctrine concerning devils. a belief in or worship of devils.
- diaclasis — (medicine) Osteoclasis.
- diagonals — Plural form of diagonal.
- dialogism — a deduction with one premise and a disjunctive conclusion
- dialogist — a person who writes or takes part in a dialogue
- dialogues — Plural form of dialogue.
- dialysate — (in the process of dialysis) the fluid passing through the dialyser, used for drawing toxins out of the patient's blood stream
- diastolic — (of blood pressure) indicating the arterial pressure during the interval between heartbeats.
- digitalis — any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
- diglossia — the widespread existence within a society of sharply divergent formal and informal varieties of a language each used in different social contexts or for performing different functions, as the existence of Katharevusa and Demotic in modern Greece.
- dihedrals — Plural form of dihedral.
- dilatants — Plural form of dilatant.
- dilations — Plural form of dilation.
- diplomats — Plural form of diplomat.
- disableds — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- disablers — Plural form of disabler.
- disabling — Present participle of disable.
- disablism — Ableism: discrimination against the disabled.
- disallows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disallow.
- disavowal — a disowning; repudiation; denial.
- disbursal — The act of disbursing money.
- discalced — (chiefly of members of certain religious orders) without shoes; unshod; barefoot.
- disclaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disclaim.
- disclimax — a stable community that has replaced the normal climax in a given area, owing to disturbance by humans or domestic animals.
- discoidal — Having the flat, circular shape of a disc or a quoit.
- disenable — to deprive of ability; make unable; prevent.
- disentail — to free (an estate) from entail.
- dishallow — to profane; desecrate.