9-letter words containing y, e, d, o
- copy-read — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- copyedits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyedit.
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- cordyline — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline that are native to eastern Asia, Australasia, and Polynesia
- cotyledon — a simple embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, which, in some species, forms the first green leaf after germination
- crookedly — not straight; bending; curved: a crooked path.
- crowdedly — In a crowded manner.
- cycadeoid — a member of an order of plants with woody stems and tough leaves that became extinct during the Cretaceous period
- daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
- 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
- dayworker — a person who works during the daytime
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
- decretory — characterized by making an absolute and final decision
- defensory — (archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
- deformity — A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way.
- deglorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- dejectory — tending to cast down
- 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.
- demonymic — Having characteristics of a demonym.
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- depletory — Serving to deplete.
- deploying — Present participle of deploy.
- destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- destroyer — A destroyer is a small, heavily armed warship.
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- deviously — departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect: a devious course.
- devotedly — zealous or ardent in attachment, loyalty, or affection: a devoted friend.
- dhrystone — (benchmark) A short synthetic benchmark program by Reinhold Weicker <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, intended to be representative of system (integer) programming. It is available in ADA, Pascal and C. The current version is Dhrystone 2.1. The author says, "Relying on MIPS V1.1 (the result of V1.1) numbers can be hazardous to your professional health." Due to its small size, the memory system outside the cache is not tested. Compilers can too easily optimise for Dhrystone. String operations are somewhat over-represented.
- diazotype — a print produced by the diazo process.
- dictyogen — a monocotyledon with reticulated leaves
- directory — a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
- discovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- disembody — to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
- disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- disobeyed — Simple past tense and past participle of disobey.
- disobeyer — One who disobeys.
- dissogeny — the condition in ctenophores in which an individual has two periods of sexual maturity, one in the larval and one in the adult stage.
- do nicely — If someone or something is doing nicely, they are being successful.
- dogberrys — a foolish constable in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
- dolefully — sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face.
- doohickey — a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
- doomsayer — a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.
- dosimetry — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- doubleday — Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.
- dove grey — a brownish-grey colour
- downcycle — a downward course in the business cycle.
- downgyved — (poetic, obsolete) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.