9-letter words containing d, o, k
- deskbound — doing sedentary work; working exclusively at a desk.
- dickerson — Eric Demetric [dih-me-trik] /dɪˈmɛ trɪk/ (Show IPA), born 1960, U.S. football player.
- dickinson — Emily. 1830–86, US poet, noted for her short, mostly unrhymed, mystical lyrics
- dicky bow — a bow tie
- didrikson — Mildred(Mrs. George Zaharias) 1913-56; U.S. athlete in many sports
- diestocks — Plural form of diestock.
- disfrocks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfrock.
- disyoking — Present participle of disyoke.
- do a bunk — run away
- dock dues — payments made for the passing of goods through a dock
- dock leaf — the typically broad leaf of any of various temperate weedy plants of the polygonaceous genus Rumex, having greenish or reddish flowers
- docketing — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- dockhands — Plural form of dockhand.
- docklands — An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
- dockyards — Plural form of dockyard.
- dog track — racing circuit for dogs
- dog whelk — any of several carnivorous, marine gastropods of the family Nassidae.
- doll-like — a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.
- doohickey — a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
- door jack — a frame for holding a door while its edge is being planed.
- door-buck — a sawhorse.
- doorknobs — Plural form of doorknob.
- doorknock — (Australia, NZ) A campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors, such as for a charity appeal.
- dorkiness — The state or quality of being dorky.
- doughlike — Resembling dough.
- doukhobor — a member of an independent religious sect originating in Russia in the 18th century, believing in the supreme authority of the inner voice and in the transmigration of souls, rejecting the divinity of Christ and the establishing of churches, and expressing opposition to civil authority by refusing to pay taxes, do military service, etc.
- dovzhenko — Alexander P [uh-lyi-ksahndr] /ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr/ (Show IPA), 1894–1956, Russian motion-picture director.
- downlinks — Plural form of downlink.
- downticks — Plural form of downtick.
- downy oak — Quercus pubescens
- drawnwork — Ornamental work on linen or other fabric, done by drawing out threads and usually with additional needlework.
- drawworks — A drawworks is a drum for reeling the drill string in and out.
- dreadlock — A single strand of dreadlocks.
- dreamwork — the processes that cause the transformation of unconscious thoughts into the content of dreams, as displacement, distortion, condensation, and symbolism.
- drop back — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- drop keel — centerboard.
- 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 tank — an external aircraft tank, usually containing fuel, that can be detached and dropped in flight
- drop-kick — to score (a field goal or point after touchdown) by a drop kick.
- dropkicks — Plural form of dropkick.
- droshkies — Plural form of droshky.
- dry stock — cattle that are raised for meat
- dubrovnik — a seaport in S Croatia, on the Adriatic: resort.
- duck pond — a pond for ducks
- duck soup — something that is easy to do or accomplish: Fixing the car will be duck soup for anyone with the right tools.
- duckboard — a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.
- duckshove — to evade (responsibility or an issue)
- duikerbok — duiker.
- dukhobors — a pacifistic, nonritualistic, mystical religious sect that separated (1785) from the Eastern Orthodox Church: in the 1890s, many members emigrated to W Canada
- dummkopfs — Plural form of dummkopf.