9-letter words containing r, u, d, a
- depurated — Simple past tense and past participle of depurate.
- desargues — Gérard [zhey-rar] /ʒeɪˈrar/ (Show IPA), 1593–1662, French mathematician.
- detraquee — female insane person
- deuterate — to treat or combine with deuterium
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- diatretum — a type of decorative Roman bowl or cup made of glass
- dictature — dictatorship
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- 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.
- disbursal — The act of disbursing money.
- disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disnature — to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- dispauper — to divest of the status of a person having the privileges of a pauper, as of public support or of legal rights as a pauper.
- dissuader — One who dissuades.
- diuranate — (inorganic chemistry) The dibasic anion U2O72- or any salt containing this anion.
- diurnally — of or relating to a day or each day; daily.
- diuturnal — Durable, long-lasting.
- djajapura — a city in and the capital of Irian Jaya, on the NE coast, in Indonesia.
- dna virus — any virus containing DNA.
- docudrama — a fictionalized drama based primarily on actual events.
- dog guard — a metal frame used in a car to contain pet dogs
- drag bunt — an in-motion bunt for a base hit usually attempted by a left-handed batter, who starts for first base while trailing the bat to meet the ball, without squaring around, in order to catch the infield by surprise. Compare sacrifice (def 6).
- drag hunt — drag (def 27c).
- draghound — a hound for use in following a hunting drag, specifically bred for speed and stamina rather than subtlety of sense of smell.
- dragqueen — Alternative form of drag queen.
- drainplug — A plug for a drain.
- dramaturg — a specialist in dramaturgy, especially one who acts as a consultant to a theater company, advising them on possible repertory.
- draughted — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughter — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draw upon — use as source or resource
- drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
- drawn-out — long-drawn-out.
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- dreadfull — Archaic spelling of dreadful.
- drepanium — a type of flower cluster shaped like a sickle
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- drug czar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- drug tsar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- drugmaker — a person or company that manufactures pharmaceutical products.
- druidical — Alt form Druidical.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- drumheads — Plural form of drumhead.
- drunkards — Plural form of drunkard.
- dryasdust — a dull, pedantic person
- dual-carb — (of an engine) equipped with a pair of carburetors.
- duckboard — a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.
- dulcamara — a type of vine with orange fruit and purple flowers that is a member of the Solanaceae family
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dulocracy — rule by slaves.
- dumb dora — a foolishly simple, stupid, or scatterbrained woman.