9-letter words containing a, d, e, n, s
- overstand — overreach (def 13).
- pad stone — a stone template.
- panderess — a female panderer
- panderism — the work of a pander
- panderous — resembling a pander
- pantdress — a dress with a divided skirt
- pas d'ane — a pair of rings set below and at right angles to the quillons of a sword as a guard for the forefinger.
- pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
- pedantism — pedantry.
- pen-based — (of a computer) having an electronic stylus rather than a keyboard as the primary input device.
- penalised — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- pinelands — the, an extensive coastal region in S and SE New Jersey, composed chiefly of pine stands, sandy soils, and swampy streams. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- planeside — the area on either side of an airplane.
- pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
- ponderosa — a North American pine tree
- quantised — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- rabidness — The property of being rabid.
- randiness — sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.
- readiness — the condition of being ready.
- red angus — one of a subpopulation of Aberdeen Angus beef cattle having a reddish coat.
- red shank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- restained — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- saddening — causing someone to become sad
- saffroned — containing or coloured by saffron
- salinized — to treat with salt or render saline.
- san diego — a seaport in SW California: naval and marine base.
- sand dune — hill of sand created by wind
- sand flea — beach flea.
- sand leek — a Eurasian alliaceous plant, Allium scorodoprasum, having reddish-pink flowers, purple bulbils, and a garlic-like bulb
- sand pear — Asian pear.
- sand pile — a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.
- sand shoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- sandalled — a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- sanderson — Tessa. born 1956, British javelin-thrower: won gold at the 1984 Olympics
- sandiness — of the nature of or consisting of sand.
- sandpaper — strong paper coated with a layer of sand or other abrasive, used for smoothing or polishing.
- sandpiper — any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.
- sandshoes — light canvas shoes with rubber soles; plimsolls
- sandstone — a common sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, or clay.
- sanhedrim — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sanitized — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- santander — Francisco de Paula [frahn-sees-kaw th e pou-lah] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ ˈpaʊ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1840, South American soldier and statesman: president of New Granada 1832–37.
- saponated — treated or combined with soap
- sarabande — a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
- sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.