9-letter words containing d, i, s, t, r, a
- dramatist — a writer of dramas or dramatic poetry; playwright.
- dreamiest — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreariest — Superlative form of dreary.
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- dyscratic — having or suffering from dyscrasia
- dysmetria — the inability to conform muscular action to desired movements because of faulty judgment of distance.
- estradiol — A major estrogen produced in the ovaries.
- first aid — emergency aid or treatment given to someone injured, suddenly ill, etc., before regular medical services arrive or can be reached.
- first day — (among Quakers) Sunday.
- firsthand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- gradients — Plural form of gradient.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- histadrut — a labor federation in Israel, founded in 1920.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- idolaters — Plural form of idolater.
- idolators — Plural form of idolator.
- instarred — to set with or as if with stars.
- interdash — to intersperse with hasty strokes of a pen or other writing instrument
- kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- mediators — Plural form of mediator.
- midstream — the middle of a stream.
- notarised — to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- ordinates — Plural form of ordinate.
- outraised — Simple past tense and past participle of outraise.
- port said — a seaport in NE Egypt at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal.
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- 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.
- radio set — an apparatus that receives radio signals
- radiocast — a radiobroadcast.
- radiosity — (graphics) A method for rendering a view of a three-dimensional scene that provides realistic lighting effects, such as interobject reflections and color bleeding. Radiosity methods are computationally intense, due to the use of linear systems of equations and the spatial complexity of large scenes.
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- restained — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- ringstand — a stand on which laboratory equipment is placed
- satirized — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- saturniid — any of several large, brightly colored moths of the family Saturniidae, comprising the giant silkworm moths.
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- sorediate — having soredia
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- stair rod — a rod for holding a stair carpet in place against the bottom of a riser.
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
- stardrift — the very small continuous change in the direction of movement which is shared by the stars within a particular cluster
- steradian — a solid angle at the center of a sphere subtending a section on the surface equal in area to the square of the radius of the sphere. Abbreviation: sr.
- steroidal — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stranding — to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
- streisand — Barbra. born 1942, US singer, actress, and film director: the films she has acted in include Funny Girl (1968) and A Star is Born (1976); her films as actress and director include Yentl (1983), Prince of Tides (1990), and The Mirror has Two Faces (1996)
- swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.