9-letter words containing r, e, t, o, d
- dosimetry — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- dotcommer — a company doing business mostly or solely on the Internet.
- dotterels — Plural form of dotterel.
- doughtier — Comparative form of doughty.
- dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
- downtrend — a downward or decreasing tendency, movement, or shift: a downtrend in gasoline consumption; a downtrend in stock prices.
- dragonets — Plural form of dragonet.
- dreamboat — a highly attractive or desirable person.
- dried out — recovered; detoxified
- dripstone — Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- drive out — To drive out something means to make it disappear or stop operating.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- dropstone — an old name for stalactites
- drugstore — the place of business of a druggist, usually also selling cosmetics, stationery, toothpaste, mouthwash, cigarettes, etc., and sometimes soft drinks and light meals.
- dry-stone — (of a wall) made without mortar
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- durometer — a device for measuring the hardness of materials, especially metals.
- earth-god — a god of fertility and vegetation.
- edgeworth — Maria, 1767–1849, English novelist.
- editorial — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- educatory — educative.
- elderwort — Danewort.
- electrode — A conductor through which electricity enters or leaves an object, substance, or region.
- emendator — One who emends or critically edits.
- endoproct — entoproct
- endotherm — An animal that is dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat; a warm-blooded animal.
- enthroned — Formally placed in a position.
- ergotized — Affected by the ergot fungus.
- erudition — The quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship.
- erythroid — Of or relating to erythrocytes.
- estradiol — A major estrogen produced in the ovaries.
- euthyroid — having a thyroid gland that functions normally
- expeditor — Alternative spelling of expediter.
- extrabold — a font with very bold characters
- fadometer — an instrument used to determine the resistance to fading of a pigment or dye
- federator — federated; allied.
- feudatory — a person who holds lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal.
- floriated — made of or decorated with floral ornamentation: floriated design; floriated china.
- fluorated — (chemistry) Combined with fluorine; subjected to the action of fluoride.
- foederati — Plural form of foederatus.
- forecited — previously cited.
- foredated — Simple past tense and past participle of foredate.
- forfeited — a fine; penalty.
- formatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- fortified — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- fortitude — mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously: Never once did her fortitude waver during that long illness.
- fretboard — a fingerboard with frets, as on a guitar.
- front end — 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a "back end"). 2. Software that provides an interface to another program "behind" it, which may not be as user-friendly. Probably from analogy with hardware front-ends that interfaced with mainframes.
- front-end — relating to foremost part