9-letter words containing l, a, i, d
- day pupil — a pupil at a boarding school who attends lessons during the day but does not sleep at the school
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.
- daylights — consciousness or wits (esp in the phrases scare, knock, or beat the (living) daylights out of someone)
- de molina — Tirso (ˈtirso). Pen name of Gabriel Téllez. ?1571–1648, Spanish dramatist; author of the first dramatic treatment of the Don Juan legend El Burlador de Sevilla (1630)
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- dead lift — a direct lifting without any mechanical assistance, as of a dead weight
- dead mail — undeliverable and unreturnable mail that is handled in the dead-letter office of the general post office.
- 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
- deadlined — Simple past tense and past participle of deadline.
- deadlines — Plural form of deadline.
- deafblind — unable to hear or see
- 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.
- dealigned — Simple past tense and past participle of dealign.
- deathlike — resembling or suggestive of death
- deauville — a town and resort in NW France: casino. Pop: 3968 (2008)
- decalcify — to remove calcium or lime from (bones, teeth, etc)
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decennial — lasting for ten years
- decidable — able to be decided
- decimally — by tens
- declaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of declaim.
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- declinant — a person who is declining or diminishing in luck or wealth
- declinate — (esp of plant parts) descending from the horizontal in a curve; drooping
- decubital — any position assumed by a patient when lying in bed.
- deep-laid — (of a plot or plan) carefully worked out and kept secret
- defiantly — characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.
- defiladed — Simple past tense and past participle of defilade.
- defilades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defilade.
- definable — Something that is definable can be described or identified.
- definably — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- definatly — Misspelling of definitely.
- deflating — to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon): They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass.
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- defleaing — Present participle of deflea.
- defoliant — A defoliant is a chemical used on trees and plants to make all their leaves fall off. Defoliants are especially used in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- defoliate — To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- deglazing — Present participle of deglaze.
- deictical — Deictic.
- deinstall — Uninstall.
- deisolate — to remove from isolation.
- deistical — a person who believes in deism.
- dekaliter — ten liters, or one tenth of a hectoliter (2.6418 gallons liquid measure or 1.135 pecks dry measure): abbrev. dal
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- delavigne — (Jean François) Casiˈmir (kaziˈmɪʀ) ; kȧzēmirˈ) 1793-1843; Fr. poet & playwright