9-letter words containing o, p, e
- diplotene — a late stage of prophase during meiosis, in which the chromatid pairs of the tetrads begin to separate and chiasmata can be seen.
- 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.
- disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- dispeople — to deprive of people; depopulate.
- dispondee — a double spondee
- disported — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- disposest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of dispose.
- disposeth — Archaic third-person singular form of dispose.
- disposure — disposal; disposition.
- disproove — Obsolete form of disprove.
- disproved — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- disproven — Alternative irregular form of the Past participle of disprove.
- disprover — One who disproves.
- disproves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disprove.
- 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.
- dog-cheap — very inexpensive.
- dognapped — Simple past tense and past participle of dognap.
- dognapper — Agent noun of dognap; one who dognaps.
- dolled up — a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.
- dolphinet — a female dolphin
- donepezil — a drug used to treat dementia
- doorpiece — an architecturally treated doorframe.
- 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.
- doorsteps — Plural form of doorstep.
- dope test — test for drugs in body
- doped-out — under the influence of dope; drugged.
- dopeheads — Plural form of dopehead.
- dopesheet — a bulletin or list including the names of entries in various horse races, and including information on each entry, as the name, jockey, and past performances.
- dopesters — Plural form of dopester.
- double up — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- douzepers — the 12 great peers of the realm, seen as the symbolic heirs of Charlemagne's 12 chosen peers
- downpipes — Plural form of downpipe.
- downslope — A downward slope.
- downswept — curved downwards
- dripstone — Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- drop bear — a mythical creature said to live in the outback; it resembles an oversized koala with sharp teeth and drops from trees to devour unwary passers-by
- drop dead — inspiring awe, astonishment, or envy: a drop-dead guest list; a drop-dead sable coat.
- 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.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- drop zone — an area into which paratroopers, soldiers, or supplies are landed from aircraft for a military operation. Abbreviation: DZ.
- drop-dead — inspiring awe, astonishment, or envy: a drop-dead guest list; a drop-dead sable coat.
- droppable — Capable of being dropped (especially by an aircraft).
- dropsonde — an instrument similar to a radiosonde that is attached to a parachute and released from an aircraft.
- dropstone — an old name for stalactites
- dry slope — an artificial ski slope used for tuition and practice
- duopolies — Plural form of duopoly.
- dyspnoeal — Pertaining to, or of the nature of dyspnoea; in connexion with dyspnoea.
- dyspnoeic — Alternative spelling of dyspneic.
- ear drops — Ear drops are medicine that you put directly in your ears one drop at a time.