9-letter words containing o, d, n
- daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
- daycation — a day trip to a resort, hotel, etc that does not involve staying the night
- 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 morgan — Augustus, 1806–71, English mathematician and logician.
- de varona — Donna, born 1947, U.S. swimmer.
- de-ionize — to remove ions from (water, etc), esp by ion exchange
- deaconess — (in the early church and in some modern Churches) a female member of the laity with duties similar to those of a deacon
- dead zone — an area of water that cannot support marine life, being virtually devoid of oxygen due to the presence of nitrates that stimulate algae growth
- dear john — a letter from a woman informing her boyfriend or fiancé that she is ending their relationship or informing her husband that she wants a divorce: Nothing is worse for a soldier's morale than getting a Dear John.
- debonaire — charming and sophisticated
- debonding — Present participle of debond.
- decagonal — Shaped like a decagon.
- 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
- decanoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of decanoic acid.
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- deceleron — (on a fixed-wing aircraft) a type of aileron that enables the aircraft to have a degree of control when it goes into a roll
- deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- decession — a going away, lessening, or weakening
- decide on — If you decide on something or decide upon something, you choose it from two or more possibilities.
- decillion — (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 60 zeros (1060)
- decisions — A conclusion or resolution reached after consideration.
- decocting — Present participle of decoct.
- decoction — the extraction of the water-soluble substances of a drug or medicinal plants by boiling
- decodings — Plural form of decoding.
- decongest — to ease crowding or clogging in (an area)
- deconning — Present participle of decon.
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- deconvert — An apostate.
- decretion — The act of decreasing.
- decurions — Plural form of decurion.
- decursion — a military exercise performed by men bearing arms
- deduction — A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.
- deep down — If you know something deep down or deep down inside, you know that it is true, but you are not always conscious of it or willing to admit it to yourself.
- deerhound — a very large rough-coated breed of dog of the greyhound type
- defection — the act or an instance of defecting
- defensory — (archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
- definiton — Misspelling of definition.
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- deflexion — deflection
- defluxion — anything that flows downwards
- defogging — to remove the fog or moisture from (a car window, mirror, etc.).
- 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.
- deforming — Present participle of deform.
- degloving — Present participle of deglove.
- dehorning — Present participle of dehorn.
- deionised — Alternative spelling of deionized.
- deionized — to remove ions from.
- deionizer — A device that deionizes something.
- deionizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deionize.
- dejection — Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.