9-letter words containing o, r, d, e, a
- derogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derogate.
- derogator — A detractor.
- derograte — To deviate from expectations.
- desolater — One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.
- desolator — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- desperado — A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
- detonator — A detonator is a small amount of explosive or a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is used to explode a bomb or other explosive device.
- detractor — The detractors of a person or thing are people who criticize that person or thing.
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- diarrhoea — If someone has diarrhoea, a lot of liquid faeces comes out of their body because they are ill.
- diaspores — Plural form of diaspore.
- dioptrate — (of a compound eye) divided by a transverse line
- disenamor — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- 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.
- doctorate — Doctor of Philosophy (def 1).
- dog's-ear — dog-ear.
- dog-eared — having dog-ears: a dog-eared book.
- dogaressa — the wife of a doge
- doggerman — a sailor on a dogger
- dognapper — Agent noun of dognap; one who dognaps.
- dollarize — to replace a country's currency with the US dollar
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- doomsayer — a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.
- doorcases — Plural form of doorcase.
- doorframe — the frame of a doorway, including two jambs and a lintel, or head.
- 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.
- doorstead — the structure of a doorway.
- downgrade — a downward slope, especially of a road.
- downrange — (of a missile, space launch, etc.) traveling in a specified direction away from the launch site and toward the target.
- drag shoe — a type of braking device on a vehicle
- dragonets — Plural form of dragonet.
- dragonize — to turn into a dragon
- dragooned — Simple past tense and past participle of dragoon.
- dragooner — (obsolete) A dragoon.
- drayhorse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
- dreadlock — A single strand of dreadlocks.
- dreamboat — a highly attractive or desirable person.
- dreamhole — a light-admitting hole in a tower
- dreamwork — the processes that cause the transformation of unconscious thoughts into the content of dreams, as displacement, distortion, condensation, and symbolism.
- dromedary — the single-humped camel, Camelus dromedarius, of Arabia and northern Africa.
- 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 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-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).
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- duodenary — duodecimal.
- ealdorman — alderman.
- ealdormen — Plural form of ealdorman.