9-letter words containing p, a, t
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- dead spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- dead-spot — Anatomy. a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones.
- death cap — a poisonous woodland saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus, Amanita phalloides, differing from the edible mushroom (Agaricus) only in its white gills (pinkish-brown in Agaricus) and the presence of a volva
- death cup — a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita.
- deathtrap — If you say that a place or vehicle is a deathtrap, you mean it is in such bad condition that it might cause someone's death.
- debt swap — A debt swap is a legal agreement where two people or companies exchange their debts, often where one has a fixed interest rate and one does not.
- deepwater — having or taking place in deep water
- demo tape — a tape with a sample of someone's music recorded on it
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- departeth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'depart'.
- departing — to go away; leave: She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52.
- departure — Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
- depascent — Consuming.
- depasture — to graze or denude by grazing (a pasture, esp a meadow specially grown for the purpose)
- dependant — Your dependants are the people you support financially, such as your children.
- depilated — to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
- deplanate — (botany) flattened; made level or even.
- depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
- deprecate — If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
- depredate — to plunder or destroy; pillage
- depurated — Simple past tense and past participle of depurate.
- deputable — able to be deputed
- desparate — Misspelling of desperate.
- desperate — If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- despotate — An area ruled by a despot (\u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03c0\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries).
- despumate — to clarify or purify (a liquid) by skimming a scum from its surface
- dew plant — sundew.
- diapyetic — of or pertaining to diapyesis
- diatropic — the tendency of some plant organs to take a transverse position to the line of action of an outside stimulus.
- diazotype — a print produced by the diazo process.
- die-stamp — to produce words or decoration on (a surface) by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief
- dioptrate — (of a compound eye) divided by a transverse line
- dip fault — a fault that runs perpendicular to the strike of the affected rocks (i.e. parallel to the plane of the angle of dip of the rocks)
- diplomata — Plural form of diploma.
- diplomate — a person who has received a diploma, especially a doctor, engineer, etc., who has been certified as a specialist by a board within the appropriate profession.
- diplomats — Plural form of diplomat.
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- dis pater — Dis.
- disparate — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- disparity — lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank.
- disparted — Simple past tense and past participle of dispart.
- disputant — a person who disputes; debater.
- dissipate — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- 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.
- dragstrip — a race course for drag racing
- draintrap — A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
- drawplate — A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.
- drip tray — a tray, sometimes with a slotted cover, designed to catch drips, as under a beer tap, sump, plant pot, etc
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.