9-letter words containing r, i, o, d, a
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- dermatoid — resembling skin
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- diarrhoea — If someone has diarrhoea, a lot of liquid faeces comes out of their body because they are ill.
- diasporas — Plural form of diaspora.
- diaspores — Plural form of diaspore.
- diasporic — of or relating to a (or the) Diaspora
- diatropic — the tendency of some plant organs to take a transverse position to the line of action of an outside stimulus.
- dichondra — any of a genus of creeping perennial herbs of the Convolvulaceae family, with white, pale yellow, or green flowers
- dichromat — a person whose vision can only distinguish two colours
- dictators — Plural form of dictator.
- dictatory — dictatorial
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- dilatator — (anatomy) A muscle that dilates any part; a dilator.
- dinosaurs — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- dioptrate — (of a compound eye) divided by a transverse line
- dirt road — an unpaved road.
- dirtboard — A long skateboard with larger-than-average wheels, designed for off-road use.
- disaccord — to be out of accord; disagree.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- discordia — the ancient Roman goddess of discord, identified with the Greek goddess Eris.
- disenamor — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disfavors — Plural form of disfavor.
- disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.
- ditionary — (obsolete) A subject; a tributary.
- divinator — a diviner
- doctorial — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- dog train — a sleigh drawn by a team of dogs
- dollarize — to replace a country's currency with the US dollar
- dominator — to rule over; govern; control.
- doornails — Plural form of doornail.
- downstair — down the stairs.
- draconian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Athenian statesman Draco, or his severe code of laws.
- drag into — To drag something or someone into an event or situation means to involve them in it when it is not necessary or not desirable.
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- dragonism — a strict and domineering manner
- dragonize — to turn into a dragon
- drain off — liquid: remove
- drain rod — one of a series of flexible rods with threaded ends that screw together and can be pushed to and fro in a drain to clear a blockage
- draw into — involve sb in sth
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- duobinary — denoting a communications system for coding digital data in which three data bands are used, 0, +1, –1