9-Letter Words Starting D & Ending S

• a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning

• small European grebe

• A type of loaded walk in which the sportsman squats somewhat and steps forward or backward with his knees alternatingly while optionally carrying a dumbbell or kettlebell on each side or a kettlebell or cupped dumbbell between the legs.

• A means of acceleration, moving with each foot turned 45 degrees from the forward position.

• (preceded by definite article) A dance or dance move, popularised in the 1950s by Chuck Berry, in which the dancer steps forwards crouching on bended knees while keeping the back straight and head erect.

• To jump on one leg while moving the other back and forth, a motion sometimes employed by guitar players in popular music.

• To walk while squatting.

• To make divine; to make godlike.

• large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork

• a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes

• To reduce in size or number.

• To reduce the workforce of.

• To terminate the employment of.

• (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground

• make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick

• drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal