9-letter words containing d, y, e, r
- curtseyed — Simple past tense and past participle of curtsey.
- cybercrud — (jargon) /si:'ber-kruhd/ 1. (Coined by Ted Nelson) Obfuscatory tech-talk. Verbiage with a high MEGO factor. The computer equivalent of bureaucratese. 2. Incomprehensible stuff embedded in e-mail. First there were the "Received" headers that show how mail flows through systems, then MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions) headers and part boundaries, and now huge blocks of hex for PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) or PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) digital signatures and certificates of authenticity. This stuff all has a purpose and good user interfaces should hide it, but all too often users are forced to wade through 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.
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- dark-eyed — (of a person) having dark eyes
- dasymeter — a device for measuring the density of gases
- day nurse — a nurse who is on duty during the daytime
- day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.
- day-trade — to buy and sell a listed security or commodity on the same day, usually on margin, for a quick profit.
- daybreaks — Plural form of daybreak.
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- daydreams — Plural form of daydream.
- daydreamy — Inclined to daydream; scatterbrained or idealistic.
- 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.
- dayworker — a person who works during the daytime
- deary me! — an exclamation of surprise or dismay
- death ray — an imaginary ray capable of killing
- decennary — decade (sense 2)
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
- decertify — to withdraw or remove a certificate or certification from (a person, organization, or country)
- decretory — characterized by making an absolute and final decision
- decrypted — to decode or decipher.
- deerberry — any of several plants native to North America, bearing fruit that is eaten by deer
- defensory — (archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
- deformity — A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way.
- defraying — Present participle of defray.
- 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.