9-letter words containing d, r, y, l
- day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- daywalker — (fantasy) One who can go out in the sunlight, distinguished from vampires etc. who cannot.
- deglorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- deliverly — quickly; nimbly; deftly
- delta ray — a particle, esp an electron, ejected from matter by ionizing radiation
- depletory — Serving to deplete.
- derivably — in a way that is able to be derived
- desirably — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- devil ray — manta.
- devil-ray — manta.
- dietarily — of or relating to diet: a dietary cure.
- direfully — In a direful manner.
- displayer — One who, or that which, displays.
- diurnally — of or relating to a day or each day; daily.
- diversely — of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions.
- dollybird — an attractive and fashionable girl, esp one who is considered to be unintelligent
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
- drake fly — mayfly (def 2).
- draw play — draw (def 54).
- drinkably — from the point of view of how drinkable something is
- drivingly — in a driving manner
- droningly — With a droning sound.
- dronishly — in a droning manner
- drunkenly — intoxicated; drunk.
- dry plate — a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- dry slope — an artificial ski slope used for tuition and practice
- dry spell — a prolonged period of dry weather.
- dry-clean — to clean (garments, draperies, rugs, etc.) with a liquid other than water, as benzine or gasoline.
- dry-gulch — to ambush with the intent of killing or severely mauling: The riders were dry-gulched by bandits.
- drysalter — a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.
- drywalled — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- drywaller — to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.
- dulocracy — rule by slaves.
- earlywood — the light-coloured wood made by a tree in the spring that shows up in the yearly growth ring
- endurably — In an endurable or tolerable manner.
- eruditely — In a learned or scholarly manner.
- fairyland — the imaginary realm of fairies.
- federally — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- figuredly — in a figured manner
- floridity — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
- fly-drive — On a fly-drive holiday, you travel part of the way to your destination by aeroplane, and collect a hired car at the airport so that you can drive the rest of the way.
- flybridge — flying bridge.
- flyrodder — an angler using an artificial fly
- foolhardy — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- forwardly — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- frowardly — In a froward manner.
- gargoyled — (of a building) Having gargoyles carved into it.
- garlandry — a collection of garlands