9-letter words containing dr
- brandreth — a gridiron, iron trivet, or tripod
- breadroom — a room or compartment where bread is kept, esp on a ship
- breadroot — a leguminous plant, Psoralea esculenta, of central North America, having an edible starchy root
- cabdriver — a taxi driver
- calandria — a cylindrical vessel through which tubes pass, esp one forming part of an evaporator, heat exchanger, or nuclear reactor
- calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
- cassandra — a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed
- cathedral — A cathedral is a very large and important church which has a bishop in charge of it.
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
- chondrify — to become or convert into cartilage
- chondrite — a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules
- chondroid — cartilaginous or similar to cartilage
- chondroma — a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm
- chondrule — one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- co-driver — one of two drivers who take turns to drive a car, esp in a rally
- coatdress — a coatlike dress having a buttoned front and, usually, lapels and long sleeves
- cold-draw — to draw (wire, tubing, etc.) without preheating the metal.
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- conundrum — A conundrum is a problem or puzzle which is difficult or impossible to solve.
- cooldrink — (South Africa) soft drink.
- cuadrilla — a small group, esp a matador's assistants
- cuckoldry — the act of making someone's husband a cuckold.
- cylindric — Of or relating to cylinders; shaped like a cylinder.
- dandruffy — Dandrufflike.
- daydreams — Plural form of daydream.
- daydreamy — Inclined to daydream; scatterbrained or idealistic.
- ddr-sdram — Double Data Rate Random Access Memory
- dead drop — a prearranged secret spot where one espionage agent leaves a message or material for another agent to pick up.
- decahedra — plural form of singular decahedron: solid figure with ten plane faces
- deep-draw — to form (tubing, containers, etc.) by pulling strip or sheet metal between suitably formed and spaced dies. Compare cup (def 22).
- dehydrate — When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
- dendrimer — a type of polymer defined by regular branches from a central monomer, which give it a tree-like molecular structure
- dendrites — Plural form of dendrite.
- dendritic — formed or marked like a dendrite.
- dexedrine — dextroamphetamine
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- dichondra — any of a genus of creeping perennial herbs of the Convolvulaceae family, with white, pale yellow, or green flowers
- didrachma — An Ancient Greek silver coin worth two drachmas.
- didrikson — Mildred(Mrs. George Zaharias) 1913-56; U.S. athlete in many sports
- dihedrals — Plural form of dihedral.
- dihydrate — a hydrate that contains two molecules of water, as potassium sulfite, K 2 SO 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
- dihydroxy — (of a molecule) containing two hydroxyl groups.
- docudrama — a fictionalized drama based primarily on actual events.
- dordrecht — a city in SW Netherlands, on the Waal River.
- downdraft — a downward current, as of air: a downdraft in a mine shaft.
- drabbling — Present participle of drabble.
- draconian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Athenian statesman Draco, or his severe code of laws.