9-letter words containing p, e, r, s
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- dipterist — an expert on flies belonging to the order Diptera
- 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.
- dis pater — Dis.
- disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- discerped — Simple past tense and past participle of discerp.
- disparage — to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- disparate — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- disparted — Simple past tense and past participle of dispart.
- dispauper — to divest of the status of a person having the privileges of a pauper, as of public support or of legal rights as a pauper.
- dispeller — to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate: to dispel the dense fog.
- dispenser — a person or thing that dispenses.
- dispersal — The action or process of distributing things or people over a wide area.
- dispersed — Simple past tense and past participle of disperse.
- disperser — (chemistry) a substance that stabilizes a dispersion; an emulsifier.
- disperses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disperse.
- displacer — a person or thing that displaces.
- displayer — One who, or that which, displays.
- disported — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- disposure — disposal; disposition.
- dispraise — to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.
- disprefer — (transitive, chiefly, linguistics) To favor or prefer (something) less than the alternatives.
- disprized — to hold in small esteem; disdain.
- 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.
- dispursed — Simple past tense and past participle of dispurse.
- dispurvey — to strip of equipment or provisions
- disputers — Plural form of disputer.
- disrepair — the condition of needing repair; an impaired or neglected state.
- disrepute — bad repute; low regard; disfavor (usually preceded by in or into): Some literary theories have fallen into disrepute.
- disrupted — Interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem.
- disrupter — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- distemper — Art. a technique of decorative painting in which glue or gum is used as a binder or medium to achieve a mat surface and rapid drying. (formerly) the tempera technique.
- doorsteps — Plural form of doorstep.
- dopesters — Plural form of dopester.
- douzepers — the 12 great peers of the realm, seen as the symbolic heirs of Charlemagne's 12 chosen peers
- draperies — coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
- dripstone — Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- dropsonde — an instrument similar to a radiosonde that is attached to a parachute and released from an aircraft.
- dropstone — an old name for stalactites
- drupelets — Plural form of drupelet.
- dry slope — an artificial ski slope used for tuition and practice
- dry spell — a prolonged period of dry weather.
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- ear drops — Ear drops are medicine that you put directly in your ears one drop at a time.
- earphones — (countable) Plural form of earphone.