9-letter words containing r, e, s, t
- decastere — a measure equivalent to ten steres or cubic metres
- decenters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decenter.
- decistere — a measure equivalent to one tenth of a stere
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- decretist — a person who is knowledgeable on the subject of the Decretals or the papal edicts that make up part of canon law
- defectors — Plural form of defector.
- deferents — Plural form of deferent.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- deforests — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deforest.
- defrosted — Simple past tense and past participle of defrost.
- defroster — a device by which the de-icing process of a refrigerator is accelerated, usually by circulating the refrigerant without the expansion process
- del sarto — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- demetrias — an ancient city in NE Greece, in Thessaly.
- demisters — Plural form of demister.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- denatures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denature.
- dendrites — Plural form of dendrite.
- dentistry — Dentistry is the work done by a dentist.
- denturism — the practice by denturists of making artificial dentures and fitting them to patients.
- denturist — a person who makes dentures
- depasture — to graze or denude by grazing (a pasture, esp a meadow specially grown for the purpose)
- depleters — Plural form of depleter.
- deportees — to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
- depositor — A bank's depositors are the people who have accounts with that bank.
- dereistic — autism.
- derelicts — Plural form of derelict.
- derivates — Plural form of derivate.
- dermestid — any beetle of the family Dermestidae, whose members are destructive at both larval and adult stages to a wide range of stored organic materials such as wool, fur, feathers, and meat. They include the bacon (or larder), cabinet, carpet, leather, and museum beetles
- derogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derogate.
- descartes — René (rəne). 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician. He provided a mechanistic basis for the philosophical theory of dualism and is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. He also founded analytical geometry and contributed greatly to the science of optics. His works include Discours de la méthode (1637), Meditationes de Prima Philosophia (1641), and Principia Philosophiae (1644)
- desecrate — If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
- deserters — Plural form of deserter.
- desertify — to (cause to) become a desert
- deserting — Present participle of desert.
- desertion — the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned
- desolater — One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.
- desolator — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- 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.
- destriers — Plural form of destrier.
- destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- destroyer — A destroyer is a small, heavily armed warship.
- destructo — a person who causes havoc or destruction
- destructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destruct.
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- detailers — Plural form of detailer.
- detainers — Plural form of detainer.
- detectors — Plural form of detector.
- detersion — the act of cleansing or deterging, esp of sores