9-letter words containing d, r, y
- deglorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- dehydrate — When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
- dejectory — tending to cast down
- deliverly — quickly; nimbly; deftly
- delta ray — a particle, esp an electron, ejected from matter by ionizing radiation
- democracy — A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- democrazy — A democratic system or state considered to be inauthentic or inherently flawed; democracy that has descended into corruption, injustice, or absurdity.
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- denitrify — to undergo or cause to undergo loss or removal of nitrogen compounds or nitrogen
- dentistry — Dentistry is the work done by a dentist.
- depletory — Serving to deplete.
- depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
- derivably — in a way that is able to be derived
- descrying — Present participle of descry.
- desertify — to (cause to) become a desert
- desirably — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- destroyer — A destroyer is a small, heavily armed warship.
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- devil ray — manta.
- devil-ray — manta.
- devitrify — to change from a vitreous state to a crystalline state
- dexterity — Dexterity is skill in using your hands, or sometimes your mind.
- dhrystone — (benchmark) A short synthetic benchmark program by Reinhold Weicker <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, intended to be representative of system (integer) programming. It is available in ADA, Pascal and C. The current version is Dhrystone 2.1. The author says, "Relying on MIPS V1.1 (the result of V1.1) numbers can be hazardous to your professional health." Due to its small size, the memory system outside the cache is not tested. Compilers can too easily optimise for Dhrystone. String operations are somewhat over-represented.
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- diathermy — local heating of the body tissues with an electric current for medical or surgical purposes
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dictatory — dictatorial
- dietarily — of or relating to diet: a dietary cure.
- dignitary — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- dihybrids — Plural form of dihybrid.
- dihydrate — a hydrate that contains two molecules of water, as potassium sulfite, K 2 SO 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
- dihydroxy — (of a molecule) containing two hydroxyl groups.
- dimercury — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two mercury atoms in a molecule.
- dimissory — dismissing or giving permission to depart.
- dimyarian — with two adductor muscles
- dipyramid — bipyramid.
- directory — a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
- direfully — In a direful manner.
- dirty dog — a despicable person
- dirty war — a war conducted by the military or secret police of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the regime's use of kidnapping, torture, and murder, with members of the civilian population often the victims.
- disarrays — Plural form of disarray.
- discovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- disobeyer — One who disobeys.
- disparity — lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank.
- displayer — One who, or that which, displays.
- dispurvey — to strip of equipment or provisions
- dissarray — Misspelling of disarray.