9-letter words containing l, e, a, d, r
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- clarthead — a slow-witted or stupid person
- clattered — to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
- cleareyed — having clear eyes or vision
- clearweed — a plant from the nettle family
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- cloud ear — tree ear
- cloudware — software that runs and is accessed on remote Internet servers rather than on local servers or personal computers; web-based applications and services.
- colanders — Plural form of colander.
- coldwater — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- comradely — If you do something in a comradely way, you are being pleasant and friendly to other people.
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- corelated — to correlate.
- corralled — an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- coverdale — Miles. 1488–1568, the first translator of the complete Bible into English (1535)
- creamlaid — (of laid paper) cream-coloured and of a ribbed appearance
- cultrated — Cultrate.
- curlyhead — a person whose hair is curly.
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- darkslide — Alternative form of dark slide.
- day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.
- 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.
- de la rue — Warren, 1815–89, English astronomer and inventor.
- de valera — Eamon (ˈeɪmən). 1882–1975, Irish statesman; president of Sinn Féin (1917–26) and of the Dáil (1918–22); formed the Fianna Fáil party (1927); prime minister (1937–48; 1951–54; 1957–59) and president (1959–73) of the Irish Republic
- dealmaker — A dealmaker is someone in business or politics who makes deals.
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decentral — Not central; decentralized.
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- declarant — a person who makes a declaration
- declareth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'declare'.
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- defaulter — A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
- deferable — capable of being deferred or postponed: a deferrable project.
- deferrals — Plural form of deferral.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- deflorate — (of a plant) having lost its flowers
- dekaliter — ten liters, or one tenth of a hectoliter (2.6418 gallons liquid measure or 1.135 pecks dry measure): abbrev. dal
- del sarto — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- 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)
- delamater — Cornelius Henry, 1821–89, U.S. mechanical engineer and shipbuilder.
- delaroche — (Hippolyte) Paul. 1797–1859, French painter of portraits and sentimental historical scenes, such as The Children of Edward IV in the Tower (1830)
- delegator — a person who delegates
- delftware — glazed earthenware, usually blue and white, which originated in Delft
- delibrate — (obsolete) To strip off the bark; to peel.
- deliriant — involving or causing delirium.