9-letter words containing o, d, r, l
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- developer — A developer is a person or a company that buys land and builds houses, offices, shops, or factories on it, or buys existing buildings and makes them more modern.
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- dilatator — (anatomy) A muscle that dilates any part; a dilator.
- dire wolf — an extinct wolf, Canis dirus, widespread in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch, having a larger body and a smaller brain than the modern wolf.
- discloser — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- discolors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discolor.
- discolour — Alternative spelling of discolor.
- disenroll — to dismiss or cause to become removed from a program of training, care, etc.: The academy disenrolled a dozen cadets.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.
- dissolver — One who, or that which, dissolves or dissipates.
- doctorial — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- doleritic — Of the nature of dolerite.
- dolichuri — poetic term
- dollarize — to replace a country's currency with the US dollar
- dollybird — an attractive and fashionable girl, esp one who is considered to be unintelligent
- dolorific — Of or relating to pain.
- doorbells — Plural form of doorbell.
- doornails — Plural form of doornail.
- doorplate — a small identification plate on the outside door of a house or room, bearing the occupant's name, the apartment or house number, or the like.
- dorbeetle — The dor.
- dormobile — a vanlike vehicle specially equipped for living in while travelling
- dorsiflex — Bend (something, typically the hand or foot ) dorsally or toward its upper surface.
- dotterels — Plural form of dotterel.
- dowerless — Law. the portion of a deceased husband's real property allowed to his widow for her lifetime.
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
- draw lots — to decide an issue by using lots
- draw-loom — an early handloom used for producing figured fabrics.
- dreadlock — A single strand of dreadlocks.
- dreamhole — a light-admitting hole in a tower
- driftbolt — Also called driftpin. a spike having a round shank and used for fastening heavy timbers together.
- drillhole — a hole drilled in the ground, usually for exploratory purposes
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- drollness — The quality of being odd or comical.
- droningly — With a droning sound.
- dronishly — in a droning manner
- drop goal — In rugby, a drop goal is a goal that a player scores by dropping the ball and kicking it between the posts.
- drop keel — centerboard.
- drop leaf — a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use.
- dropcloth — A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- droppable — Capable of being dropped (especially by an aircraft).
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- drug lord — the head of an organization or network involved in illegal drug trafficking.
- drum roll — fast continuous drumming
- drumrolls — Plural form of drumroll.
- dry slope — an artificial ski slope used for tuition and practice
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dulocracy — rule by slaves.