9-letter words containing e, d, t, a
- dead-melt — to melt (steel) until killed.
- dead-spot — Anatomy. a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones.
- dead-tree — printed on paper
- deadbeats — Plural form of deadbeat.
- deadliest — causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
- deadlight — a bull's-eye let into the deck or hull of a vessel to admit light to a cabin
- deadstick — To land an aircraft without power.
- deadstock — the merchandise or commodities of a shop, etc, that is unsold and generating no income
- deaerator — a piece of apparatus that extracts a gas from a liquid
- deaf-mute — A deaf-mute is someone who cannot hear or speak. This word could cause offence.
- deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- deamidate — (organic chemistry) To remove an amide functional group from a compound.
- deaminate — to remove one or more amino groups from (a molecule)
- dearheart — A term of affection.
- death cap — a poisonous woodland saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus, Amanita phalloides, differing from the edible mushroom (Agaricus) only in its white gills (pinkish-brown in Agaricus) and the presence of a volva
- death cup — a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita.
- death ray — an imaginary ray capable of killing
- death row — If someone is on death row, they are in the part of a prison which contains the cells for criminals who have been sentenced to death.
- death tax — a tax on money or property that a person inherits
- deathbeds — Plural form of deathbed.
- deathbell — Alternative form of death bell.
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
- deathless — immortal, esp because of greatness; everlasting
- deathlike — resembling or suggestive of death
- deathsman — an executioner
- deathtrap — If you say that a place or vehicle is a deathtrap, you mean it is in such bad condition that it might cause someone's death.
- deathward — having an inclination or disposition towards death
- debarment — to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
- debatable — If you say that something is debatable, you mean that it is not certain.
- debatably — in a debatable or disputable manner
- debateful — quarrelsome
- debt swap — A debt swap is a legal agreement where two people or companies exchange their debts, often where one has a fixed interest rate and one does not.
- debutante — A debutante is a young woman from the upper classes who has started going to social events with other young people.
- debutants — Plural form of debutant.
- decadents — Plural form of decadent.
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decameter — dekameter
- decametre — ten metres
- decanoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of decanoic acid.
- decantate — having been repeated or sung again and again
- decanters — Plural form of decanter.
- decanting — to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decastere — a measure equivalent to ten steres or cubic metres
- decastich — a poem that consists of ten lines
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns
- decathect — to withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss: He decathected from her in order to cope with her impending death.
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- decaudate — to take off the tail of (an animal)
- decentral — Not central; decentralized.