9-letter words containing d, r, i, l, o
- disenroll — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.
- dissolver — One who, or that which, dissolves or dissipates.
- doctorial — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- doleritic — Of the nature of dolerite.
- dolichuri — poetic term
- dollarize — to replace a country's currency with the US dollar
- dollybird — an attractive and fashionable girl, esp one who is considered to be unintelligent
- dolorific — Of or relating to pain.
- doornails — Plural form of doornail.
- dormobile — a vanlike vehicle specially equipped for living in while travelling
- dorsiflex — Bend (something, typically the hand or foot ) dorsally or toward its upper surface.
- driftbolt — Also called driftpin. a spike having a round shank and used for fastening heavy timbers together.
- drillhole — a hole drilled in the ground, usually for exploratory purposes
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- droningly — With a droning sound.
- dronishly — in a droning manner
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- editorial — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- embroiled — Simple past tense and past participle of embroil.
- estradiol — A major estrogen produced in the ovaries.
- evildoers — Plural form of evildoer.
- fieldwork — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- fireflood — a procedure designed to extract more oil from a well by injecting compressed air into the ground and burning some of the oil to increase the flow.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- floriated — made of or decorated with floral ornamentation: floriated design; floriated china.
- floridean — of or relating to members of the botanical genus Florideae (red algae)
- floridian — of or relating to the state of Florida.
- floridity — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
- forbiddal — Lb archaic The act of forbidding something.
- frolicked — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- gladiator — (in ancient Rome) a person, often a slave or captive, who was armed with a sword or other weapon and compelled to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or a wild animal, for the entertainment of the spectators.
- glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- goldbrick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- goldminer — a person who mines gold or works in a gold mine.
- gondolier — a person who rows or poles a gondola.
- gorilloid — Lb anatomy Resembling (that of) a gorilla.
- guildford — a city in S England, in Surrey: cathedral (1936–68); seat of the University of Surrey (1966). Pop: 69 400 (2001)
- hard-boil — to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid.
- harold ii — 1022?–66, king of England 1066: defeated by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings (son of Earl Godwin).
- helidrome — a small airport for helicopters
- heliodors — Plural form of heliodor.
- hierodule — a slave in service in an ancient Greek temple.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- hold fire — If you hold fire in a situation, you delay before taking action.
- holderlin — Johann Christian Friedrich [yoh-hahn kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1843, German poet.