9-letter words containing y, a
- decadency — the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
- decalcify — to remove calcium or lime from (bones, teeth, etc)
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns
- decayless — having no tendency to decay
- decennary — decade (sense 2)
- decimally — by tens
- deejaying — the activity of performing as a disc jockey
- defiantly — characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.
- definably — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- definatly — Misspelling of definitely.
- defraying — Present participle of defray.
- dehydrate — When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
- delayable — able to be delayed
- delta ray — a particle, esp an electron, ejected from matter by ionizing radiation
- demassify — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- democracy — A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- democrazy — A democratic system or state considered to be inauthentic or inherently flawed; democracy that has descended into corruption, injustice, or absurdity.
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- dentality — the quality given to spoken words by the use of teeth
- depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
- derivably — in a way that is able to be derived
- desirably — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- devil ray — manta.
- devil-ray — manta.
- diabesity — Used to refer to a form of diabetes that typically develops in later life and is associated with being obese.
- diabolify — (transitive) To ascribe diabolical qualities to; to change into, or represent as, a devil.
- diabology — the study of the devil or devils
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- diachylon — a type of adhesive plaster, formerly made of various plant juices, but later containing lead oxide and glycerin
- dialysate — (in the process of dialysis) the fluid passing through the dialyser, used for drawing toxins out of the patient's blood stream
- dialyzate — the remaining, or colloidal, portion of a solution.
- dialyzing — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- diaphyses — Plural form of diaphysis.
- diaphysis — the shaft of a long bone
- diapyesis — the discharge of pus
- diapyetic — of or pertaining to diapyesis
- diasystem — a linguistic system forming a common denominator for a group or set of dialects.
- diathermy — local heating of the body tissues with an electric current for medical or surgical purposes
- diazotype — a print produced by the diazo process.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dichogamy — the maturation of male and female parts of a flower at different times, preventing automatic self-pollination
- dictatory — dictatorial
- dietarily — of or relating to diet: a dietary cure.
- digitally — In a digital manner.
- dignitary — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- dihydrate — a hydrate that contains two molecules of water, as potassium sulfite, K 2 SO 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
- dilatably — in a dilatable manner
- dilatancy — dilating; expanding.