9-letter words containing u, l, r
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- curtailer — One who curtails.
- curtal ax — a cutlass
- curtalaxe — a cutlass
- curtilage — the enclosed area of land adjacent to a dwelling house
- curveball — a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
- cuticolor — of the color of flesh.
- cuticular — Of or pertaining to the cuticle.
- cutleries — cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
- cybersoul — The supposed equivalent of a soul in cyberspace.
- de la rue — Warren, 1815–89, English astronomer and inventor.
- declutter — to simplify or get rid of mess, disorder, complications, etc, from
- decoupler — a person or device that disconnects parts that are joined
- deculture — to deculturate.
- defaulter — A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
- deflexure — the act or condition of deflection or deviation
- delirious — Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they are very ill and have a fever.
- deliriums — Plural form of delirium.
- desireful — Filled with desire; eager.
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- dipperful — (US) As much as a dipper will hold; a cupful.
- direfully — In a direful manner.
- disbursal — The act of disbursing money.
- discolour — Alternative spelling of discolor.
- dislustre — to lose or remove lustre
- diurnally — of or relating to a day or each day; daily.
- diuturnal — Durable, long-lasting.
- dolichuri — poetic term
- drainplug — A plug for a drain.
- drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
- dreadfull — Archaic spelling of dreadful.
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- drug lord — the head of an organization or network involved in illegal drug trafficking.
- druidical — Alt form Druidical.
- drum roll — fast continuous drumming
- drumrolls — Plural form of drumroll.
- drunkenly — intoxicated; drunk.
- drupelets — Plural form of drupelet.
- dry-gulch — to ambush with the intent of killing or severely mauling: The riders were dry-gulched by bandits.
- dual-carb — (of an engine) equipped with a pair of carburetors.
- dubliners — a collection of short stories (1914) by James Joyce.
- dulcamara — a type of vine with orange fruit and purple flowers that is a member of the Solanaceae family
- dulcimers — Plural form of dulcimer.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dulocracy — rule by slaves.
- duralumin — an alloy of aluminum that is 4 percent copper and contains small amounts of magnesium, manganese, iron, and silicon: used for applications requiring lightness and strength, as in airplane construction.
- duumviral — relating to duumvirs
- effortful — marked by effort or exertion; labored.
- elaterium — a greenish sediment prepared from the juice of the squirting cucumber, used as a purgative