9-letter words containing r, e, s, t
- detersive — having cleansing power
- dethrones — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dethrone.
- detorsion — the act of, or the state of having undergone, detorting; a twisting, perversion, or distortion
- detrusion — the act of detruding.
- deuterons — Plural form of deuteron.
- deutscher — Isaac, 1907–1967, English journalist and author, born in Poland.
- dexterous — Someone who is dexterous is very skilful and clever with their hands.
- dextrorse — (of some climbing plants) growing upwards in a helix from left to right or anticlockwise
- dhrystone — (benchmark) A short synthetic benchmark program by Reinhold Weicker <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, intended to be representative of system (integer) programming. It is available in ADA, Pascal and C. The current version is Dhrystone 2.1. The author says, "Relying on MIPS V1.1 (the result of V1.1) numbers can be hazardous to your professional health." Due to its small size, the memory system outside the cache is not tested. Compilers can too easily optimise for Dhrystone. String operations are somewhat over-represented.
- diameters — Plural form of diameter.
- diatribes — Plural form of diatribe.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- digesters — Plural form of digester.
- digitiser — Alternative spelling of digitizer.
- dimestore — Alternative spelling of dime store.
- dioestrus — diestrus.
- 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.
- directest — Superlative form of direct.
- directors — Plural form of director.
- dirtiness — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- dis pater — Dis.
- disasters — Plural form of disaster.
- disattire — (transitive) To undress.
- discovert — (of a woman) not covert; not under the protection of a husband.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- discredit — to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
- disforest — To disafforest.
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- disinters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disinter.
- dislustre — to lose or remove lustre
- disnature — to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- disorient — to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.
- disparate — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- disparted — Simple past tense and past participle of dispart.
- disported — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- disputers — Plural form of disputer.
- disrepute — bad repute; low regard; disfavor (usually preceded by in or into): Some literary theories have fallen into disrepute.
- disrooted — Simple past tense and past participle of disroot.
- 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.
- dissector — to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
- dissenter — a person who dissents, as from an established church, political party, or majority opinion.
- disserted — to discourse on a subject.
- distaffer — a woman, especially in a field or place usually or generally dominated by men: the first distaffer to have a seat on the stock exchange.
- 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.
- distender — One who, or that which, distends.
- disthrone — (obsolete, transitive) To dethrone; to remove from the throne.