9-letter words containing a, d, i, n, t
- antichild — Opposing children.
- anticodon — a three-base unit of genetic code contained in transfer RNA that corresponds to a codon region on messenger RNA, involved in genetic translation
- antideath — Preventing death.
- antidoron — consecrated bread
- antidotal — a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
- antidotes — Plural form of antidote.
- antidraft — opposed to compulsory military service or conscription
- antifraud — acting against fraud
- antinodal — the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
- antinodes — Plural form of antinode.
- antipedal — (in a mollusk) located opposite the foot.
- antipodal — of or relating to diametrically opposite points on the earth's surface
- antipodes — People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes.
- antiradar — (of a missile or other weapon) designed to destroy radar detection equipment
- antitrade — a wind in the upper atmosphere blowing in the opposite direction from and above the trade winds
- antiworld — a hypothetical or supposed world or universe composed of antimatter
- appointed — If something happens at the appointed time, it happens at the time that was decided in advance.
- arytenoid — denoting either of two small cartilages of the larynx that are attached to the vocal cords
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- asyndetic — (of a catalogue or index) without cross references
- attainder — (formerly) the extinction of a person's civil rights resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry on conviction for treason or felony
- attainted — Law. to condemn by a sentence or a bill or act of attainder.
- attending — having primary responsibility for a patient.
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- auditions — Plural form of audition.
- bad thing — (jargon) (From the 1930 Sellar & Yeatman parody "1066 And All That") Something that can't possibly result in improvement of the subject. This term is always capitalised, as in "Replacing all of the 9600-baud modems with bicycle couriers would be a Bad Thing". Opposite: Good Thing. British correspondents confirm that Bad Thing and Good Thing (and probably therefore Right Thing and Wrong Thing) come from the book referenced in the etymology, which discusses rulers who were Good Kings but Bad Things. This has apparently created a mainstream idiom on the British side of the pond.
- badminton — Badminton is a game played by two or four players on a rectangular court with a high net across the middle. The players try to score points by hitting a small object called a shuttlecock across the net using a racket.
- band list — a list of Canadian Indians formally recognized as belonging to a band
- bandicoot — any agile terrestrial marsupial of the family Peramelidae of Australia and New Guinea. They have a long pointed muzzle and a long tail and feed mainly on small invertebrates
- bandwidth — A bandwidth is the range of frequencies used for a particular telecommunications signal, radio transmission, or computer network.
- bang tidy — of exceptionally good quality
- baptisand — Alternative spelling of baptizand.
- baptizand — A person about to submit to baptism.
- bastinade — bastinado.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- bidentate — having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- candidate — A candidate is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job.
- candlelit — A candlelit room or table is lit by the light of candles.
- cantharid — any beetle of the family Cantharidae, having a soft elongated body; though found frequenting flowers, they are carnivorous
- captained — Simple past tense and past participle of captain.
- captioned — Simple past tense and past participle of caption.
- carinated — Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
- ci-devant — (esp of an office-holder) former; recent
- confidant — Someone's confidant is a man who they are able to discuss their private problems with.
- contadina — (in Italy) a female farmer or peasant