9-letter words containing r, d, l
- drainplug — A plug for a drain.
- drake fly — mayfly (def 2).
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- draw lots — to decide an issue by using lots
- draw play — draw (def 54).
- draw-loom — an early handloom used for producing figured fabrics.
- draw-slip — a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
- drawplate — A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.
- dreadfull — Archaic spelling of dreadful.
- dreadless — having no apprehension, fear, or dread
- dreadlock — A single strand of dreadlocks.
- dreamhole — a light-admitting hole in a tower
- dreamland — a pleasant, lovely land that exists only in dreams or the imagination; the region of reverie.
- dreamless — undisturbed by dreams: a sound and dreamless sleep.
- dreamlike — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- drecksill — a doorstep
- dribbling — Present participle of dribble.
- driftbolt — Also called driftpin. a spike having a round shank and used for fastening heavy timbers together.
- driftless — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- drill bit — bit1 (defs 1a, b).
- drill rig — rig (def 7).
- drillable — Machinery, Building Trades. a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation. a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- drillhole — a hole drilled in the ground, usually for exploratory purposes
- drillpipe — A drillpipe is a piece of tubular steel in a well, used for lowering and raising equipment and supplying drilling mud.
- drillship — a ship equipped with a drill rig and engaged in offshore oil and gas exploration, oceanographic research, etc.
- drinkable — suitable for drinking.
- drinkably — from the point of view of how drinkable something is
- driveable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- driveline — the components of the power train of an automotive vehicle that are between the transmission and the differential, and generally consisting of the drive shaft and universal joint.
- driveling — saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
- drivelled — Simple past tense and past participle of drivel.
- drivingly — in a driving manner
- drizzling — Present participle of drizzle.
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- drollness — The quality of being odd or comical.
- droningly — With a droning sound.
- dronishly — in a droning manner
- drop goal — In rugby, a drop goal is a goal that a player scores by dropping the ball and kicking it between the posts.
- 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.
- dropcloth — A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- droppable — Capable of being dropped (especially by an aircraft).
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- drug lord — the head of an organization or network involved in illegal drug trafficking.
- druidical — Alt form Druidical.
- drum roll — fast continuous drumming
- drumrolls — Plural form of drumroll.
- drunkenly — intoxicated; drunk.