9-letter words containing d, y, e, r
- 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.
- 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.
- dietarily — of or relating to diet: a dietary cure.
- dihydrate — a hydrate that contains two molecules of water, as potassium sulfite, K 2 SO 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
- dimercury — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two mercury atoms in a molecule.
- 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.
- discovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- disobeyer — One who disobeys.
- displayer — One who, or that which, displays.
- dispurvey — to strip of equipment or provisions
- diversely — of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions.
- diversify — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- diversity — the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness: diversity of opinion.
- dogberrys — a foolish constable in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
- doomsayer — a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.
- dosimetry — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- dove grey — a brownish-grey colour
- drake fly — mayfly (def 2).
- drayhorse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
- driveaway — the delivery of a car to a buyer or to a specified destination by means of a hired driver.
- driveways — Plural form of driveway.
- dromedary — the single-humped camel, Camelus dromedarius, of Arabia and northern Africa.
- drunkenly — intoxicated; drunk.
- dry nurse — a nurse who cares for a child without suckling it
- dry plate — a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- dry riser — a vertical pipe, not containing water, having connections on different floors of a building for a fireman's hose to be attached. A fire tender can be connected at the lowest level to make water rise under pressure within the pipe
- dry slope — an artificial ski slope used for tuition and practice
- dry spell — a prolonged period of dry weather.
- dry steam — steam that does not contain droplets of water
- dry-clean — to clean (garments, draperies, rugs, etc.) with a liquid other than water, as benzine or gasoline.
- dry-nurse — to act as a dry nurse to.
- dry-stone — (of a wall) made without mortar
- 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.
- duodenary — duodecimal.
- duty-free — Duty-free goods are sold at airports or on planes or ships at a cheaper price than usual because you do not have to pay import tax on them.
- dyersburg — a city in W Tennessee.
- dynameter — an instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes
- dynamiter — A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully.
- dysentery — Infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea with the presence of blood and mucus in the feces.
- dysmature — Exhibiting dysmaturity.
- dysmetria — the inability to conform muscular action to desired movements because of faulty judgment of distance.
- ear candy — Slang. pleasant, melodic pop music.
- earlywood — the light-coloured wood made by a tree in the spring that shows up in the yearly growth ring