9-letter words containing d, u, e, p
- depasture — to graze or denude by grazing (a pasture, esp a meadow specially grown for the purpose)
- depicture — (transitive) To make a picture of; to paint or depict.
- depluming — Present participle of deplume.
- depollute — to eliminate, clean up, or decrease pollution in (an area).
- depositum — (finance, obsolete) A deposit.
- depulping — Also called dental pulp. the inner substance of the tooth, containing arteries, veins, and lymphatic and nerve tissue that communicate with their respective vascular, lymph, and nerve systems.
- depurated — Simple past tense and past participle of depurate.
- deputable — able to be deputed
- despumate — to clarify or purify (a liquid) by skimming a scum from its surface
- diapauses — Plural form of diapause.
- dipperful — (US) As much as a dipper will hold; a cupful.
- dipterous — Entomology. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
- dispauper — to divest of the status of a person having the privileges of a pauper, as of public support or of legal rights as a pauper.
- displumed — Simple past tense and past participle of displume.
- disposure — disposal; disposition.
- dispursed — Simple past tense and past participle of dispurse.
- dispurvey — to strip of equipment or provisions
- disputers — Plural form of disputer.
- disrepute — bad repute; low regard; disfavor (usually preceded by in or into): Some literary theories have fallen into disrepute.
- disrupted — Interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem.
- disrupter — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- divide up — apportion
- dixie cup — Navy Slang. a round, white, brimmed hat worn by U.S. sailors.
- dolled up — a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.
- doped-out — under the influence of dope; drugged.
- double up — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- douzepers — the 12 great peers of the realm, seen as the symbolic heirs of Charlemagne's 12 chosen peers
- dredge up — Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
- drepanium — a type of flower cluster shaped like a sickle
- drupelets — Plural form of drupelet.
- duct tape — a strongly adhesive silver-gray cloth tape, used in plumbing, household repairs, etc.
- dumpiness — The quality of being dumpy.
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- dunce cap — a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school.
- dung heap — a heap of dung
- duopolies — Plural form of duopoly.
- duplexing — duplex apartment.
- duplexity — duplex apartment.
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- empurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of empurple.
- epauleted — Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.
- epicedium — Dirge, lament, elegy.
- epidaurus — an ancient port in Greece, in the NE Peloponnese, in Argolis on the Saronic Gulf
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- epilogued — followed by an epilogue
- euphausid — (zoology) Any member of the Euphausidae.
- euripides — ?480–406 bc, Greek tragic dramatist. His plays, 18 of which are extant, include Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, Hecuba, Trojan Women, Electra, Iphigeneia in Tauris, Iphigeneia in Aulis, and Bacchae
- expounded — Simple past tense and past participle of expound.
- expounder — A person who expounds, explains.
- feed pump — A feed pump is a pump that moves a fluid such as a fuel at a controlled rate.