9-letter words containing d, m, l
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- daltonism — colour blindness, esp the confusion of red and green
- damn fool — Damn fool means 'very stupid'.
- damn well — the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- damningly — in a damning manner
- damoclean — a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness.
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- date palm — A date palm is a palm tree on which dates grow.
- datepalms — Plural form of datepalm.
- davy lamp — an early safety lamp for miners, in which the flame was enclosed by wire gauze as a protection against firedamp
- de molina — Tirso (ˈtirso). Pen name of Gabriel Téllez. ?1571–1648, Spanish dramatist; author of the first dramatic treatment of the Don Juan legend El Burlador de Sevilla (1630)
- dead mail — undeliverable and unreturnable mail that is handled in the dead-letter office of the general post office.
- dead-melt — to melt (steel) until killed.
- dealmaker — A dealmaker is someone in business or politics who makes deals.
- decimally — by tens
- declaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of declaim.
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- decompile — Produce source code from (compiled code).
- decomplex — having or composed of parts that are complex in themselves
- delamater — Cornelius Henry, 1821–89, U.S. mechanical engineer and shipbuilder.
- delimited — to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate: A ravine delimited the property on the north.
- delimiter — a character or group of characters which mark a limit in computer code
- deliquium — loss of consciousness; fainting
- deliriums — Plural form of delirium.
- delmonico — club steak.
- demential — severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- demi-plie — a movement done in any of the five positions, in which the dancer bends the knees halfway, keeping the heels securely on the ground.
- demiglace — A rich brown sauce used in French cuisine by itself or as a base for other sauces.
- demilance — A light lance; a short spear.
- demiworld — demimonde (defs 4, 5).
- demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- demonlike — Resembling a demon in form or action.
- demophile — A friend of the people.
- demulcent — soothing; mollifying
- 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.
- denominal — denominative (def 2).
- dentalium — any scaphopod mollusc of the genus Dentalium
- dentalman — an enlisted person working as a dental assistant.
- depluming — Present participle of deplume.
- devilment — devilish or mischievous conduct
- dharmsala — an Indian hostel or rest-house, often built with religious purpose
- diabolism — activities designed to enlist the aid of devils, esp in witchcraft or sorcery
- dialogism — a deduction with one premise and a disjunctive conclusion
- diametral — located on or forming a diameter
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- dilithium — A fictional crystalline mineral in the Star Trek franchise, described as an essential component of anti-matter energy generation systems.
- diltiazem — a white to whitish crystalline powder, C 22 H 26 N 2 O 4 S, used as a calcium blocker in the treatment of angina pectoris.
- diplomacy — the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.
- diplomaed — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.