9-Letter Words with D,E,S,T,R,U,C

• The detachable paper cover of a book; used to protect the binding, and to provide blurb.

• bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women

• bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting

• make sense of; assign a meaning to

• having a hardened crust as a covering

• growing close together but not in dense mats

• clustered together but not coherent

• score more points than one's opponents

• one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel

• the material removed by a cut made underneath

• the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column

• a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall

• (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball

• a cut made underneath to remove material

• sell cheaper than one's competition

• cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief

• cut away the underpart of

• strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot

• cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall