9-letter words containing a, b, d
- adaptable — If you describe a person or animal as adaptable, you mean that they are able to change their ideas or behaviour in order to deal with new situations.
- adaptably — In an adaptable manner.
- adherable — having the ability to adhere
- adiabatic — (of a thermodynamic process) taking place without loss or gain of heat
- adlibbing — to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.): to ad-lib one's lines.
- admirable — An admirable quality or action is one that deserves to be praised and admired.
- admirably — worthy of admiration; inspiring approval, reverence, or affection.
- adobelike — made using a material similar to adobe
- adoptable — able to be adopted
- adorkable — socially inept or unfashionable in a charming or endearing way
- adsorbant — Adsorbent.
- adsorbate — a substance that has been or is to be adsorbed on a surface
- adsorbent — capable of adsorption
- adsorbing — Present participle of adsorb.
- adumbrant — Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
- adumbrate — to outline; give a faint indication of
- adverbial — Adverbial means relating to adverbs or like an adverb.
- advisable — If you tell someone that it is advisable to do something, you are suggesting that they should do it, because it is sensible or is likely to achieve the result they want.
- advisably — Wisely, in an advisable manner.
- afterbody — any discarded part that continues to trail a satellite, rocket, etc, in orbit
- ahmedabad — a city in W India, in Gujarat: famous for its mosque. Pop: 3 515 361 (2001)
- air-bound — stopped up by air.
- albondiga — A Spanish or Latin American variety of meatball.
- aldebaran — a binary star, one component of which is a red giant, the brightest star in the constellation Taurus. It appears in the sky close to the star cluster Hyades. Visual magnitude: 0.85; spectral type: K5III; distance: 65 light years
- aldeburgh — a small resort in SE England, in Suffolk: site of an annual music festival established in 1948 by Benjamin Britten. Pop: 2654 (2001)
- allahabad — a city in N India, in SE Uttar Pradesh at the confluence of the Ganges and Jumna Rivers: Hindu pilgrimage centre. Pop: 990 298 (2001)
- ambassade — (obsolete) The mission of an ambassador.
- ambleside — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: a tourist centre for the Lake District. Pop: 3064 (2001)
- ambulated — Simple past tense and past participle of ambulate.
- ambuscade — an ambush
- ambuscado — an ambush
- amendable — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- anabantid — any of various spiny-finned fishes constituting the family Anabantidae and including the fighting fish, climbing perch, and gourami
- angel bed — French Furniture. a bed having a suspended or bracketed canopy of less than full length. Compare duchesse bed.
- anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- aquaboard — a board that can be used to ride on water
- arbor day — a tree-planting day observed individually by the states of the U.S., usually in spring
- arborized — Simple past tense and past participle of arborize.
- archibald — a masculine name: dim. Archie, Archy
- asbestoid — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- ash blond — a very light blond colour
- ash-blond — pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.
- ashkhabad — the capital of Turkmenistan. Pop: 598 000 (2005 est)
- assembled — noting an artificial gem formed of two or more parts, as a doublet or triplet, at least one of which is a true gemstone.
- audiobook — a recorded reading of a book recorded on tape, CD, or digital formats
- auditable — able to be audited
- aurobindo — Sri (Sri Aurobindo Ghose) 1872–1950, Indian scholar and spiritual leader.
- avoidable — Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening.
- avoidably — In a manner so as to be avoidable.
- awardable — Capable of being awarded.