9-letter words containing y, a
- dactylics — Plural form of dactylic.
- dactylist — someone who writes poetry in dactyls
- dairy cow — a cow which is used to produce milk
- dairyland — an area or region specializing in dairy production, as Wisconsin and Minnesota in the U.S.
- dairymaid — (esp formerly) a girl or woman who works in a dairy, esp one who milks cows and makes butter and cheese on a farm
- daisy 201 — An early system on G-15.
- daisy ham — a boned and smoked piece of pork from the pig's shoulder
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- daly city — city in W Calif.: suburb of San Francisco: pop. 104,000
- damnatory — threatening or occasioning condemnation
- damningly — in a damning manner
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- damyankee — (in the southern U.S.) a person native to the northern states of the U.S., especially one who is disliked or regarded with suspicion.
- dandruffy — Dandrufflike.
- dandyfunk — a type of dessert typically eaten at sea, consisting of a cake or biscuit baked in fat and molasses
- dark-eyed — (of a person) having dark eyes
- darlingly — in a darling or charming manner
- dartingly — In a darting manner; rapidly.
- dashingly — In a dashing manner.
- dastardly — If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone.
- dasymeter — a device for measuring the density of gases
- dasypygal — (nonce) Having hairy buttocks.
- data type — type
- daubingly — in a coating or smearing manner
- davy lamp — an early safety lamp for miners, in which the flame was enclosed by wire gauze as a protection against firedamp
- day coach — an ordinary railroad passenger car, as distinguished from a sleeping car, parlor car, or other deluxe accommodations.
- day labor — workers hired on a daily basis only, especially unskilled labor.
- day nurse — a nurse who is on duty during the daytime
- day pupil — a pupil at a boarding school who attends lessons during the day but does not sleep at the school
- day shift — a group of workers who work a shift during the daytime in an industry or occupation where a night shift or a back shift is also worked
- day-clean — the time after first dawn when the sun begins to shine; clear daybreak
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.
- day-trade — to buy and sell a listed security or commodity on the same day, usually on margin, for a quick profit.
- daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
- daybreaks — Plural form of daybreak.
- daycation — a day trip to a resort, hotel, etc that does not involve staying the night
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- daydreams — Plural form of daydream.
- daydreamy — Inclined to daydream; scatterbrained or idealistic.
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- daylights — consciousness or wits (esp in the phrases scare, knock, or beat the (living) daylights out of someone)
- dayspring — the dawn
- daywalker — (fantasy) One who can go out in the sunlight, distinguished from vampires etc. who cannot.
- dayworker — a person who works during the daytime
- de lancey — James, 1703–60, American jurist and politician in New York.
- deacidify — to render (a substance) less acidic
- deary me! — an exclamation of surprise or dismay
- death ray — an imaginary ray capable of killing
- debatably — in a debatable or disputable manner