9-letter words containing d, o, i
- dowdiness — The characteristic of being dowdy; frumpiness; plainness.
- dowelling — Present participle of dowel.
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- down with — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- down-time — (jargon) A period of time during which a (computer) system is not operational, due to a malfunction or maintenance.
- downfield — In or to a position nearer to the opponents' end of a field.
- downiness — The quality of being downy.
- downlight — a lamp, often a light bulb set in a metal cylinder, mounted on or recessed into the ceiling so that a beam of light is directed downward.
- downlinks — Plural form of downlink.
- downpipes — Plural form of downpipe.
- downright — thorough; absolute; out-and-out: a downright falsehood.
- downriver — Toward or situated at a point nearer the mouth of a river.
- downshift — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- downsides — Plural form of downside.
- downsized — Simple past tense and past participle of downsize.
- downsizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downsize.
- downslide — a decline or downward trend, as of prices.
- downstair — down the stairs.
- downswing — a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
- downticks — Plural form of downtick.
- downweigh — (transitive) To weigh or press down; depress; cause to sink or prevent from rising.
- draconian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Athenian statesman Draco, or his severe code of laws.
- drag into — To drag something or someone into an event or situation means to involve them in it when it is not necessary or not desirable.
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- dragonism — a strict and domineering manner
- dragonize — to turn into a dragon
- drain off — liquid: remove
- drain rod — one of a series of flexible rods with threaded ends that screw together and can be pushed to and fro in a drain to clear a blockage
- draw into — involve sb in sth
- dried out — recovered; detoxified
- drift off — fall asleep
- driftbolt — Also called driftpin. a spike having a round shank and used for fastening heavy timbers together.
- driftwood — wood floating on a body of water or cast ashore by it.
- drillhole — a hole drilled in the ground, usually for exploratory purposes
- dripstone — Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- drive off — vehicle: pull out, move off
- drive out — To drive out something means to make it disappear or stop operating.
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- droningly — With a droning sound.
- dronishly — in a droning manner
- drop girt — a girt running beneath the ends of joists and at right angles to them.
- drop kick — In sports such as football and rugby, a drop kick is a kick in which the ball is dropped to the ground and kicked at the moment that it bounces.
- drop-kick — to score (a field goal or point after touchdown) by a drop kick.
- drop-ship — to ship (goods) as a drop shipment: The books will be drop-shipped by the publisher to your home.
- dropkicks — Plural form of dropkick.
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- droppings — the act of a person or thing that drops.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- droshkies — Plural form of droshky.
- drownings — Plural form of drowning.