9-letter words containing o, d, e, l, s
- d-glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- dal segno — (of a piece of music) to be repeated from the point marked with a sign to the word fine
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- 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 loss — a person, thing, or situation that is completely useless or unprofitable
- deadlocks — Plural form of deadlock.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decouples — Separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- deisolate — to remove from isolation.
- del sarto — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- deletions — Plural form of deletion.
- delicious — very enjoyable; delightful
- delirious — Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they are very ill and have a fever.
- delousing — Present participle of delouse.
- delusions — Plural form of delusion.
- dentulous — having teeth
- deposable — Capable of being deposed, or deprived of office.
- desolated — wretched or forlorn
- desolater — One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.
- desolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desolate.
- desolator — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- despoiled — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- despoiler — to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- developes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of develope.
- deviously — departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect: a devious course.
- dialogues — Plural form of dialogue.
- disclosed — Simple past tense and past participle of disclose.
- discloser — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- discloses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disclose.
- disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- disenroll — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- dishtowel — a towel for drying dishes.
- dislocate — to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- dislodged — Simple past tense and past participle of dislodge.
- dislodges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dislodge.
- disoblige — to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
- dispeople — to deprive of people; depopulate.
- dissolute — indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.
- dissolved — That has been disintegrated in a solvent.
- dissolver — One who, or that which, dissolves or dissipates.
- dissolves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissolve.
- dollhouse — a miniature house the scale of children's dolls.
- dolliness — the quality or characteristic of being like a doll
- dolmetsch — Arnold. 1858–1940, British musician, born in France. He contributed greatly to the revival of interest in early music and instruments
- dolomites — a very common mineral, calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg(CO 3) 2 , occurring in crystals and in masses.
- dolostone — Rock consisting of dolomite.
- domiciles — Plural form of domicile.