9-letter words containing al
- decapodal — (zoology) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet.
- decennial — lasting for ten years
- decentral — Not central; decentralized.
- decimally — by tens
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- decubital — any position assumed by a patient when lying in bed.
- defalcate — to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
- deferrals — Plural form of deferral.
- deictical — Deictic.
- deinstall — Uninstall.
- deistical — a person who believes in deism.
- dekaliter — ten liters, or one tenth of a hectoliter (2.6418 gallons liquid measure or 1.135 pecks dry measure): abbrev. dal
- delictual — (legal) Derived from a delict (analogous to a tort).
- deltoidal — of or relating to a river delta.
- demential — severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- denialism — Describes the position of those who reject propositions that are strongly supported by scientific or historical evidence and seek to influence policy processes and outcomes accordingly.
- denialist — a person who refuses to accept something that is regarded as an established fact
- denominal — denominative (def 2).
- dentalgia — Toothache.
- dentality — the quality given to spoken words by the use of teeth
- dentalium — any scaphopod mollusc of the genus Dentalium
- dentalize — to change into or pronounce as a dental sound.
- dentalman — an enlisted person working as a dental assistant.
- desalting — Present participle of desalt.
- descaling — Present participle of descale.
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- devaluate — (transitive) To reduce in value.
- devaluing — to deprive of value; reduce the value of.
- dharmsala — an Indian hostel or rest-house, often built with religious purpose
- diagonals — Plural form of diagonal.
- dial down — to reduce or become reduced
- dial tone — The dial tone is the same as the dialling tone.
- dialation — Misspelling of dilation.
- dialectal — of a dialect.
- dialectic — People refer to the dialectic or dialectics of a situation when they are referring to the way in which two very different forces or factors work together, and the way in which their differences are resolved.
- diallagic — consisting of, containing, or resembling diallage
- diallelic — Having two alleles.
- dialogism — a deduction with one premise and a disjunctive conclusion
- dialogist — a person who writes or takes part in a dialogue
- dialogite — rhodochrosite.
- dialogize — to carry on a dialogue
- dialogued — Simple past tense and past participle of dialogue.
- dialogues — Plural form of dialogue.
- 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.
- diametral — located on or forming a diameter
- diarrheal — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- dictional — of or relating to diction