9-letter words containing a, c, e, n, d
- lidocaine — a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.
- macedoine — a mixture of fruits or vegetables, often served as a salad.
- macedonia — Also, Macedon [mas-i-don] /ˈmæs ɪˌdɒn/ (Show IPA). an ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, in S Europe: now a region in N Greece, SW Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia.
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- main deck — the uppermost weatherproof deck, running the full length of a ship.
- manducate — to chew; masticate; eat.
- manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- medicinal — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- mendacity — the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie.
- mendicant — begging; practicing begging; living on alms.
- mendicate — (ambitransitive) To beg.
- mindscape — A mental landscape; the world of the mind.
- moonfaced — Alternative spelling of moon-faced.
- muscadine — a grape, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southern U.S., having dull purple, thick-skinned musky fruit and being the origin of many grape varieties.
- nancified — effeminate
- neckbands — Plural form of neckband.
- nectaried — having a nectary or nectaries
- nicknamed — Simple past tense and past participle of nickname.
- nicomedia — an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, at the head of the Gulf of Astacus, in present-day Turkey: modern Izmit is on its site.
- nondancer — a person who does not dance
- nonplaced — Not assigned a place.
- nonsacred — Not sacred.
- notecards — An ambitious hypertext system developed at Xerox PARC, "designed to support the task of transforming a chaotic collection of unrelated thoughts into an integrated, orderly interpretation of ideas and their interconnections".
- nucleated — having a nucleus.
- ocean bed — the bottom of the ocean
- oceanside — a city in SW California.
- oceanward — Toward the ocean.
- ordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- poi dance — a women's formation dance that involves singing and manipulating a poi
- poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- readvance — to advance again or further
- red china — China, People's Republic of.
- redaction — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- reductant — a reducing agent which as it is oxidized is capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance
- sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- scamander — ancient name of the river Menderes.
- sciaenoid — belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- slamdance — to hurl oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock concert
- spaceband — a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- sun dance — a religious ceremony associated with the sun, practiced by North American Indians of the Plains, consisting of dancing attended with various symbolic rites and commonly including self-torture.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- tap dance — dance performed with clicking shoes
- tap-dance — to perform a tap dance.
- tea dance — a dance held at teatime.