9-letter words containing o, d, u, r
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- dartmouth — a port in SW England, in S Devon: Royal Naval College (1905). Pop: 5512 (2001)
- decocture — the essence or liquor resulting from decoction
- decoupler — a person or device that disconnects parts that are joined
- decourous — Misspelling of decorous.
- decurions — Plural form of decurion.
- decursion — a military exercise performed by men bearing arms
- deerhound — a very large rough-coated breed of dog of the greyhound type
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- 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.
- demeanour — Your demeanour is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- denouncer — One who, or that which, denounces.
- desoeuvre — with nothing to do
- destructo — a person who causes havoc or destruction
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- detouring — Present participle of detour.
- detrusion — the act of detruding.
- deuterons — Plural form of deuteron.
- devoureth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'devour'.
- devouring — Present participle of devour.
- dexterous — Someone who is dexterous is very skilful and clever with their hands.
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- diner-out — a person who dines out.
- dinosaurs — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- dioestrus — diestrus.
- dipterous — Entomology. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
- dirhinous — having paired nostrils.
- diruption — (archaic) disruption.
- discolour — Alternative spelling of discolor.
- discoured — Simple past tense and past participle of discoure.
- discoures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discoure.
- discourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- dishonour — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- dishumour — to upset or offend
- disposure — disposal; disposition.
- disruptor — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- docudrama — a fictionalized drama based primarily on actual events.
- dog guard — a metal frame used in a car to contain pet dogs
- dolichuri — poetic term
- door-buck — a sawhorse.
- doronicum — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, comprising the leopard's-banes.
- doughtier — Comparative form of doughty.
- doukhobor — a member of an independent religious sect originating in Russia in the 18th century, believing in the supreme authority of the inner voice and in the transmigration of souls, rejecting the divinity of Christ and the establishing of churches, and expressing opposition to civil authority by refusing to pay taxes, do military service, etc.
- doumergue — Gaston [gas-tawn] /gasˈtɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1863–1937, French statesman: president of France 1924–31.
- douzepers — the 12 great peers of the realm, seen as the symbolic heirs of Charlemagne's 12 chosen peers
- downburst — a strong downward current of air from a cumulonimbus cloud, often associated with intense thunderstorms.
- downcourt — to or into the opposite end of the court.