9-letter words containing d, l, s
- dashlight — a light illuminating the dashboard of an automobile, esp at night
- dastardly — If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone.
- dasypygal — (nonce) Having hairy buttocks.
- datelines — Plural form of dateline.
- datepalms — Plural form of datepalm.
- dauntless — A dauntless person is brave and confident and not easily frightened.
- 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)
- dead loss — a person, thing, or situation that is completely useless or unprofitable
- deadfalls — Plural form of deadfall.
- deadliest — causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
- deadlines — Plural form of deadline.
- deadlocks — Plural form of deadlock.
- deathless — immortal, esp because of greatness; everlasting
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns
- decayless — having no tendency to decay
- declassee — (of a woman) having lost social standing or status
- decliners — Plural form of decliner.
- declinist — a person who believes that something is in decline
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decouples — Separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- deferrals — Plural form of deferral.
- defilades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defilade.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- deinstall — Uninstall.
- deisolate — to remove from isolation.
- deistical — a person who believes in deism.
- del sarto — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- delegates — Plural form of delegate.
- deletions — Plural form of deletion.
- delicates — Underwear or lingerie.
- delicense — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- delicious — very enjoyable; delightful
- delirious — Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they are very ill and have a fever.
- deliriums — Plural form of delirium.
- delisting — Present participle of delist.
- delousing — Present participle of delouse.
- delphinus — a small constellation in the N hemisphere, between Pegasus and Sagitta
- delusions — Plural form of delusion.
- demulsify — to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which an emulsion is permanently broken down into its constituents
- 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
- denticles — Plural form of denticle.
- dentulous — having teeth
- deplenish — to deprive of contents, such as furniture, stock, etc
- depleters — Plural form of depleter.
- deposable — Capable of being deposed, or deprived of office.