9-letter words containing d, r, e, a
- coverdale — Miles. 1488–1568, the first translator of the complete Bible into English (1535)
- cowardice — Cowardice is cowardly behaviour.
- cowardise — Obsolete spelling of cowardice.
- crackhead — a person addicted to the drug crack
- crazyweed — locoweed
- creamlaid — (of laid paper) cream-coloured and of a ribbed appearance
- credenzas — Plural form of credenza.
- crevassed — containing deep cracks or fissures
- crispated — Crispate.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crusaders — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusadoes — Plural form of crusado.
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- cultrated — Cultrate.
- curandera — (in Hispanic America) a female healer or shaman
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- curarized — Simple past tense and past participle of curarize.
- curlyhead — a person whose hair is curly.
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- daggering — A type of dance associated with dancehall, where dancer simulate dry sex to the musical beat.
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- damn near — People use damn near to emphasize that what they are saying is not actually true, but is very close to being true.
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- dan river — a river in S Virginia and N North Carolina, flowing S and E to the Roanoke River. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- dancegoer — a person who attends dances or dance performances.
- dancewear — clothing, as leotards and tutus, designed for dancing or dance practice.
- dandering — Present participle of dander.
- dangerman — (sports, British) A player on an opposing side who poses a significant threat.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- dannebrog — the Danish flag
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- dark ages — the period from about the late 5th century ad to about 1000 ad, once considered an unenlightened period
- dark meat — meat that is dark in appearance after cooking, especially a leg or thigh of chicken or turkey (distinguished from white meat).
- dark-eyed — (of a person) having dark eyes
- darkeners — Plural form of darkener.
- darkeness — Obsolete form of darkness.
- darkening — Present participle of darken.
- darkhorse — Having the character of a dark horse.
- darknesse — Archaic spelling of darkness.
- darkslide — Alternative form of dark slide.
- darnedest — (euphemistic) See damnedest.
- dasymeter — a device for measuring the density of gases
- data rate — data transfer rate
- date from — If something dates from a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
- date rape — Date rape is when a man rapes a woman whom he has met socially.