9-letter words containing r, d
- darkhorse — Having the character of a dark horse.
- darklings — in darkness
- darknesse — Archaic spelling of darkness.
- darkrooms — Plural form of darkroom.
- darkslide — Alternative form of dark slide.
- darlingly — in a darling or charming manner
- darmstadt — an industrial city in central Germany, in Hesse: former capital of the grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (1567–1945). Pop: 139 698 (2003 est)
- darnation — Alternative form of tarnation.
- darnedest — (euphemistic) See damnedest.
- dartboard — A dartboard is a circular board with numbers on it which is used as the target in a game of darts.
- dartingly — In a darting manner; rapidly.
- dartmouth — a port in SW England, in S Devon: Royal Naval College (1905). Pop: 5512 (2001)
- darwinian — of or relating to Charles Darwin or his theory of evolution by natural selection
- darwinism — the theory of the origin of animal and plant species by evolution through a process of natural selection
- darwinist — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- dashboard — The dashboard in a car is the panel facing the driver's seat where most of the instruments and switches are.
- dastardly — If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone.
- dasymeter — a device for measuring the density of gases
- data fork — Macintosh file system
- data mart — (database) A type of data warehouse designed primarily to address a specific function or department's needs, as opposed to a data warehouse which is traditionally meant to address the needs of the organisation from an enterprise perspective. In addition, a data mart often uses aggregation or summarisation of the data to enhance query performance. However, it is important to maintain the ability to access the underlying base data to enable drill-down analysis as necessary.
- data rate — data transfer rate
- date from — If something dates from a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
- date rape — Date rape is when a man rapes a woman whom he has met socially.
- daughters — Plural form of daughter.
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- dawn raid — If police officers carry out a dawn raid, they go to someone's house very early in the morning to search it or arrest them.
- day labor — workers hired on a daily basis only, especially unskilled labor.
- day nurse — a nurse who is on duty during the daytime
- day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.
- day-trade — to buy and sell a listed security or commodity on the same day, usually on margin, for a quick profit.
- daybreaks — Plural form of daybreak.
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- daydreams — Plural form of daydream.
- daydreamy — Inclined to daydream; scatterbrained or idealistic.
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- dayspring — the dawn
- daywalker — (fantasy) One who can go out in the sunlight, distinguished from vampires etc. who cannot.
- dayworker — a person who works during the daytime
- ddr-sdram — Double Data Rate Random Access Memory
- de forest — Lee. 1873–1961, US inventor of telegraphic, telephonic, and radio equipment: patented the first triode valve (1907)
- de la rue — Warren, 1815–89, English astronomer and inventor.
- de moivre — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1667–1754, French mathematician in England.
- de morgan — Augustus, 1806–71, English mathematician and logician.
- de ridder — a town in W Louisiana.
- de valera — Eamon (ˈeɪmən). 1882–1975, Irish statesman; president of Sinn Féin (1917–26) and of the Dáil (1918–22); formed the Fianna Fáil party (1927); prime minister (1937–48; 1951–54; 1957–59) and president (1959–73) of the Irish Republic
- de varona — Donna, born 1947, U.S. swimmer.
- de-stress — If you de-stress or if something de-stresses you, you do something that helps you to relax.
- dead drop — a prearranged secret spot where one espionage agent leaves a message or material for another agent to pick up.
- dead tree — (publication, jargon) Paper. Use of this term emphasises the waste of natural resources and limited features available from the printed form of a document compared with an electronic rendition. E.g. "I read the dead tree edition of the Guardian on the train". See also tree-killer.
- dead wire — a wire that is not carrying current