9-letter words containing n, p, d
- despenser — Hugh le, Earl of Winchester. 1262–1326, English statesman, a favourite of Edward II. Together with his son Hugh, the Younger (?1290–1326), he was executed by the king's enemies
- despising — Present participle of despise.
- despiting — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- desponded — Simple past tense and past participle of despond.
- devonport — a city in N Tasmania.
- dew plant — sundew.
- dew point — the temperature at which water vapour in the air becomes saturated and water droplets begin to form
- diapasons — Plural form of diapason.
- diapensia — An evergreen arctic shrub, Diapensia lapponica.
- diapering — Present participle of diaper.
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- diaphonic — Of or pertaining to diaphony.
- diphenyl- — containing two phenyl groups in each molecule
- diphthong — Phonetics. an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi- sound of toy or boil.
- diplontic — (of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form, except for the gametes, is diploid.
- diplotene — a late stage of prophase during meiosis, in which the chromatid pairs of the tetrads begin to separate and chiasmata can be seen.
- diplozoon — a type of parasitic flatworm that exists as a pair of worms fused together in an X shape. Diplozoa fuse after meeting as two juvenile individuals (genus Diporpae) and are parasitic on the gills of fish
- dippiness — Quality of being dippy.
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- diruption — (archaic) disruption.
- dispended — to pay out; expend; spend.
- dispensed — Simple past tense and past participle of dispense.
- dispenser — a person or thing that dispenses.
- dispenses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispense.
- dispondee — a double spondee
- disposing — Present participle of dispose.
- disprison — to release from prison
- disproven — Alternative irregular form of the Past participle of disprove.
- disputant — a person who disputes; debater.
- disputing — to engage in argument or debate.
- diterpene — (chemistry) any terpene formed from four isoprene units, and having twenty carbon atoms; includes vitamin A, the gibberellins, and various biologically active lactones such as quassin.
- dna probe — a technique for identifying a segment of DNA, using a known sequence of nucleotide bases from a DNA strand to detect a complementary sequence in the sample by means of base pairing.
- dognapped — Simple past tense and past participle of dognap.
- dognapper — Agent noun of dognap; one who dognaps.
- dolphinet — a female dolphin
- donepezil — a drug used to treat dementia
- donorship — a person who gives or donates.
- douppioni — an irregular silk thread reeled from two or more entangled cocoons and producing a coarse yarn generally used in fabrics such as shantung or pongee.
- downpipes — Plural form of downpipe.
- downplays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay.
- downpours — Plural form of downpour.
- downslope — A downward slope.
- downspout — a pipe for conveying rain water from a roof or gutter to the ground or to a drain.
- downswept — curved downwards
- drainpipe — a large pipe that carries away the discharge of waste pipes, soil pipes, etc.
- drainplug — A plug for a drain.
- 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.
- draw upon — use as source or resource
- drepanium — a type of flower cluster shaped like a sickle
- drippings — Plural form of dripping.