9-letter words containing r, d
- curarized — Simple past tense and past participle of curarize.
- curbsides — Plural form of curbside.
- curd tart — a tart with a sweet filling in which curd is the main ingredient
- curlicued — Simple past tense and past participle of curlicue.
- curlyhead — a person whose hair is curly.
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- curtseyed — Simple past tense and past participle of curtsey.
- curvetted — Simple past tense and past participle of curvet.
- cuspidors — Plural form of cuspidor.
- cusswords — Plural form of cussword.
- custodier — a custodian
- cybercrud — (jargon) /si:'ber-kruhd/ 1. (Coined by Ted Nelson) Obfuscatory tech-talk. Verbiage with a high MEGO factor. The computer equivalent of bureaucratese. 2. Incomprehensible stuff embedded in e-mail. First there were the "Received" headers that show how mail flows through systems, then MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions) headers and part boundaries, and now huge blocks of hex for PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) or PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) digital signatures and certificates of authenticity. This stuff all has a purpose and good user interfaces should hide it, but all too often users are forced to wade through it.
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- cylindric — Of or relating to cylinders; shaped like a cylinder.
- cyprinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a large suborder of teleost fishes including the cyprinids, characins, electric eels, and loaches
- d-horizon — a stratum, as of rock, sometimes underlying the C-horizon
- dado rail — a moulding at about waist height on an interior wall, used for decoration and to protect the wall
- daggering — A type of dance associated with dancehall, where dancer simulate dry sex to the musical beat.
- daiquiris — Plural form of daiquiri.
- dairy cow — a cow which is used to produce milk
- dairyland — an area or region specializing in dairy production, as Wisconsin and Minnesota in the U.S.
- dairymaid — (esp formerly) a girl or woman who works in a dairy, esp one who milks cows and makes butter and cheese on a farm
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- damn near — People use damn near to emphasize that what they are saying is not actually true, but is very close to being true.
- damnatory — threatening or occasioning condemnation
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- dampproof — resistant to dampness or the effects of dampness.
- dan river — a river in S Virginia and N North Carolina, flowing S and E to the Roanoke River. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- dancegoer — a person who attends dances or dance performances.
- dancewear — clothing, as leotards and tutus, designed for dancing or dance practice.
- dandering — Present participle of dander.
- dandiprat — a small English coin minted in the 16th century
- dandruffy — Dandrufflike.
- dangerman — (sports, British) A player on an opposing side who poses a significant threat.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- dankworth — Sir John (Philip William). 1927–2010, British jazz composer, bandleader, and saxophonist: married to Cleo Laine
- dannebrog — the Danish flag
- dardanian — Trojan
- daredevil — Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things.
- darius ii — (Ochus) died 404 b.c, king of Persia 424–404 (son of Artaxerxes I).
- dark ages — the period from about the late 5th century ad to about 1000 ad, once considered an unenlightened period
- dark meat — meat that is dark in appearance after cooking, especially a leg or thigh of chicken or turkey (distinguished from white meat).
- dark star — an invisible star known to exist only from observation of its radio, infrared, or other spectrum or of its gravitational effect, such as an invisible component of a binary or multiple star
- dark-eyed — (of a person) having dark eyes
- darkeners — Plural form of darkener.
- darkeness — Obsolete form of darkness.
- darkening — Present participle of darken.