9-letter words containing m, r, a, d
- dampproof — resistant to dampness or the effects of dampness.
- dangerman — (sports, British) A player on an opposing side who poses a significant threat.
- dark meat — meat that is dark in appearance after cooking, especially a leg or thigh of chicken or turkey (distinguished from white meat).
- darkrooms — Plural form of darkroom.
- darmstadt — an industrial city in central Germany, in Hesse: former capital of the grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (1567–1945). Pop: 139 698 (2003 est)
- dartmouth — a port in SW England, in S Devon: Royal Naval College (1905). Pop: 5512 (2001)
- darwinism — the theory of the origin of animal and plant species by evolution through a process of natural selection
- dasymeter — a device for measuring the density of gases
- data mart — (database) A type of data warehouse designed primarily to address a specific function or department's needs, as opposed to a data warehouse which is traditionally meant to address the needs of the organisation from an enterprise perspective. In addition, a data mart often uses aggregation or summarisation of the data to enhance query performance. However, it is important to maintain the ability to access the underlying base data to enable drill-down analysis as necessary.
- date from — If something dates from a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
- daydreams — Plural form of daydream.
- daydreamy — Inclined to daydream; scatterbrained or idealistic.
- ddr-sdram — Double Data Rate Random Access Memory
- de morgan — Augustus, 1806–71, English mathematician and logician.
- dealmaker — A dealmaker is someone in business or politics who makes deals.
- deary me! — an exclamation of surprise or dismay
- debarment — to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
- decagrams — Plural form of decagram.
- decameric — Of or pertaining to a decamer.
- decameron — a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague
- decameter — dekameter
- decametre — ten metres
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- dekagrams — Plural form of dekagram.
- dekameter — ten meters, or one tenth of a hectometer (32.808 feet): abbrev. dam
- delamater — Cornelius Henry, 1821–89, U.S. mechanical engineer and shipbuilder.
- demarcate — If you demarcate something, you establish its boundaries or limits.
- demarking — demarcate.
- demeanors — Plural form of demeanor.
- demeanour — Your demeanour is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- demeanure — Obsolete form of demeanor.
- demeraran — originating from or native to Demerara
- demetrias — an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- demigrate — (obsolete) To emigrate.
- democracy — A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- democrazy — A democratic system or state considered to be inauthentic or inherently flawed; democracy that has descended into corruption, injustice, or absurdity.
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- demurrage — the delaying of a ship, railway wagon, etc, caused by the charterer's failure to load, unload, etc, before the time of scheduled departure
- deprogram — to cause to abandon a rigid commitment to certain beliefs, values, etc., as those of a religious cult, by undoing the effects of indoctrination
- dermatoid — resembling skin
- dermatome — a surgical instrument for cutting thin slices of skin, esp for grafting
- dharmsala — an Indian hostel or rest-house, often built with religious purpose
- diagramed — Simple past tense and past participle of diagram.
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- diametral — located on or forming a diameter
- diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter