9-letter words containing i, r, t
- dominator — to rule over; govern; control.
- dormition — the process of falling asleep
- dormitive — having the effect of inducing sleep
- dormitory — a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
- dosimeter — a device carried on the person for measuring the quantity of ionizing radiation, as gamma rays, to which one has been exposed.
- dosimetry — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- doughtier — Comparative form of doughty.
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- downright — thorough; absolute; out-and-out: a downright falsehood.
- downstair — down the stairs.
- drag into — To drag something or someone into an event or situation means to involve them in it when it is not necessary or not desirable.
- drag lift — a lift which drags skiers up to the top of the slope
- draglifts — Plural form of draglift.
- dragstrip — a race course for drag racing
- draintrap — A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
- dramatics — (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas.
- dramatise — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dramatist — a writer of dramas or dramatic poetry; playwright.
- dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- draw into — involve sb in sth
- dreamiest — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreamtime — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- dreariest — Superlative form of dreary.
- dried out — recovered; detoxified
- drift ice — detached floating ice in masses that drift with the wind or ocean currents, as in the polar seas.
- drift net — a fishing net supported upright in the water by floats attached along the upper edge and sinkers along the lower, so as to be carried with the current or tide.
- drift off — fall asleep
- driftbolt — Also called driftpin. a spike having a round shank and used for fastening heavy timbers together.
- driftfish — any of several butterfishes, especially of the genus Psenes, inhabiting tropical waters.
- driftless — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- driftnets — Plural form of driftnet.
- driftwood — wood floating on a body of water or cast ashore by it.
- drill bit — bit1 (defs 1a, b).
- drip tray — a tray, sometimes with a slotted cover, designed to catch drips, as under a beer tap, sump, plant pot, etc
- dripstone — Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- drive fit — assembly of two tightly fitting parts, as a hub on a shaft, made by a press or the like.
- drive out — To drive out something means to make it disappear or stop operating.
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- drop girt — a girt running beneath the ends of joists and at right angles to them.
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- druggists — Plural form of druggist.
- drum into — instill by repetition
- drumstick — a stick for beating a drum.
- dry point — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- duricrust — a hard crust that forms on or in soil in semiarid climates owing to cementation of soil particles. Compare caliche, hardpan (defs 1, 2).
- dynamiter — A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully.
- dyscratic — having or suffering from dyscrasia
- dysmetria — the inability to conform muscular action to desired movements because of faulty judgment of distance.
- earthlike — Of a planet, resembling the Earth.