9-Letter Words Starting with D

Dabchick

Long for a dog (wordplay)

Small dog (from Germany?)

Slinky in "Toy Story," for example

Dahabeah

Dahabiah

Dahabieh

Dahabiya

Daishiki

Dakerhen

Speed counter goes on here (wordplay)

Car's instrument panel

Bolt to piece of wood, forming panel

Showily

Lear's trio

/Part of D.A.R./

Issues of a feminine nature

Dauphine

As knocked out of boxers (wordplay)

Dawn's innards (wordplay)

*Wits, when scared out of you

Fans of a certain jam band

Touch of Grey fans

Drives back empty

Ship's cabin window.

Joy gets hold of Bill, maybe for protective cover

Deanship

Deathbed

Who tabled amendment - it's a killer!

Poor old hat web gets the coup de grace

Doctor hated smack - it's a killer

Poisonous mushrooms

Immortal, as some prose (wordplay)

That never gets to the finish

'Never dye this, by the sound of it (9)'

Old-time executioner.

DEATHS death

Dissolute beach dude in trouble

Corrupt young woman longed to get posh

Degenerate

Rake beach ground with due energy

One indulging in depravity

Libertine, one who is morally unrestrained

""One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.""

Sullies

Debouch

Emerges

Pl. decahedrons or decahedra (-dr ) A polyhedron with ten faces.

Latched on to jockey - it's eventful!

Ten out of ten for the all-rounder!

Summer Olympics event

Decodes or interprets

Swabbing crew many, many (nonverbal)

Sailors playing cards repeatedly

Crew

Naval architect's creation

Ship superstructure

Choked, spoiling exercise in navigator's cabin (wordplay)

Scottish hunting dog

Large dog bred for hunting

The man's tucked in - fit to burst!

Bursting: bot.

Emerging forcefully from hot Irish capital in fall

Dehisce

Dehorner

Rendering harmless, in a way

Dehort

Make heated and dry (wordplay)

Deprive of water

Remove moisture from, make dry

So pleased to be in the dark, perhaps

Not longer lit up, glad to say

Very happy to be blonde indeed!

One who gives pleasure

Changes of policy, as in diplomacy

Policy changes

Bulbous, narrow-necked bottles

Bottles of a kind.

Narrow-necked bottles

Having no depth; shallow.

Whirling ones

Whirling figures

Moslem whirlers

Detacher

Coming back in pain, Ted is not getting stuck with it

It's up to Ted not to be stuck with what makes him sore

Toppled, in a way

No longer the champion

Deposed champion

One in three-D version: King Stephen, say

Causes a power outage (wordplay)

Displaces the reds on top (wordplay)

Removes from power

Manta or octopus

Ray's plate holding bad piece of fruit

Undersea animal with a monstrous name

""Time the study and description of the change or development in the structural systems of a language over a stated period of time. Also called historical linguistics . Cf. synchronic linguistics . ; diachronic , adj . Linguistics""

Instruments for drawing figures.

Diaphone

It separates the thorax from the abdomen

Stop here for photography

Vibrating part of a microphone

Bones

An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence.

Diarchy

DIARRHEA looseness of the bowels

Diarrhea

""Excessive and frequent evacuation of watery feces, usually indicating gastrointestinal distress or disorder.""

Administer a horrid enema to be purged of this (wordplay)

Motions not welcomed from her radio broadcast at one

Heat treatment

Are unsure about blood group ahead of extremely messy treatment

Disease and Illness

""Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases.""

""Pertaining to, or dependent on, a diathesis or special constitution of the body; as, diathetic disease. as, diathetic disease.""

""Pl. dichasia (-z - , -zh - , -zh ) A cyme having two lateral flowers or branches originating from opposite points beneath a terminal flower.""

""The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves.""

A small creeping herb (Dichondra micrantha) commercially cultivated as a substitute for lawn grass.

Division into two parts or kinds

Division into two parts

Dual nature

""The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.""

English word

Of or pertaining to a digraph.

Dihedral

Dihedron

Dihybrid

Dimethyl

Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous.

Diphenyl

Ou, for example.

A couple of characters sticking together

Tongue-moving vowel sound

Perform for free (wordplay)

Fire (gun); sack (worker)

Fire - or let off (wordplay)

It's used in washing up

Kitchen worker's rag

Kitchen item

A dishcloth.

Dishelm

Disherit

Makes a mess of

It's lying by the plate, one's tea, say

Deceitful - hedonists (anagram)

Hedonists turned out to be deceptive

Mashes

Stains

Dishware

Dirty washing-up liquid (wordplay)

What might be filled with Joy (wordplay)

Weak or soiled liquid

""Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food. as, a disrelish for some kinds of food.""

Ditheism

Ditheist

Slowpokes

Hemming and hawing

Seeming unsure, I'd upped cycle

Flapping, hesitating

Maiden featured in special birthday poem

Ecstatic choral hymn

Short, impassioned poem

Begin to work in specialist area with hospital providing cover for 14 (wordplay)

Dockhand

Dogeship

Sopwith Camel/Fokker clashes

Von Richthofen's encounters

Aerial battles

Small sharks

A. A violent fight between or as if between dogs.

How Robbie Savage plays for Rovers (wordplay)

Outdoor structures for canines

Backyard pet shelters

Rascals' temporary quarters

Home for Barbie, maybe

Toy-store buy

Barbie's place

DOLLISH {pretty=adj}

In a stupid way

DONNISH scholarly

Thingamajig (#8 on the list)

What-do-you-call-it

What-you-may-call-it.

Dopehead

Tommies' WWI allies

American soldiers of WWI

Pillsbury mascots

C.S.A. sympathizer in the North

Doughy

Adjective meaning resembling

Money mad types (wordplay)

Non-dieter's breakfast (wordplay)

Banker's breakfast?

Doughty

In a doughty manner.

Stock market irritant (wordplay)

Downhaul

Downhill

Totally blue and Tory!

Germany have the side? Absolutely!

Absolutely miserable, agreed (wordplay)

Move from "D" to "L" (4,5)

Move to a lower gear

Slow without braking

Resembling a dragon.

Dramshop

Draught

See Drawing knife. Drawing knife.

Water balloons, upon impact

Heavy rainfalls

Like a downpour

Heavy, as a rain

Making thoroughly wet

Drophead

Lamp on an adjustable cord

What clumsy bartenders do

Surprise court actions

Soft returns, in tennis

Old-time Moscow transport.

Drouthy

Kettles' coverings

She cussed degenerate aristocrats

Subscription providing housing for game ladies

Ladies used to get excited about indoor game

DULLISH somewhat dull

Dumbhead

Dunghill

Dustheap

Dyarchy

Disease and Illness

Disorder marked by difficulty in expressing thoughts in words

""Impairment of speech and verbal comprehension, especially when associated with brain injury.""

""Difficulty in speaking, usually evidenced by hoarseness.""

Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets.

""An emotional state characterized by anxiety, depression, or unease.""

Disorder involving wasting of muscle tissue etc.