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9-letter words containing a, d, i, o, s

  • pelopidas — died 364 b.c, Greek general and statesman of Thebes.
  • plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
  • polarised — to cause polarization in.
  • polaroids — Polaroid sunglasses
  • port said — a seaport in NE Egypt at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal.
  • posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
  • post-paid — with the postage prepaid
  • postaudit — an audit of accounting records, conducted at some interval of time after a transaction or a series of transactions has already occurred.
  • posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
  • poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
  • prosodial — of or relating to prosody
  • prosodian — a person skilled in prosody
  • quasimodo — Salvatore [sahl-vah-taw-re] /ˌsɑl vɑˈtɔ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1901–68, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1959.
  • radio set — an apparatus that receives radio signals
  • radiocast — a radiobroadcast.
  • radionics — a dowsing technique using a pendulum to detect the energy fields that are emitted by all forms of matter
  • radiosity — (graphics)   A method for rendering a view of a three-dimensional scene that provides realistic lighting effects, such as interobject reflections and color bleeding. Radiosity methods are computationally intense, due to the use of linear systems of equations and the spatial complexity of large scenes.
  • rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
  • road sign — traffic notice
  • rodgersia — a type of flowering plant which grows in shady and moist conditions
  • romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
  • sailboard — a long board, usually of Plexiglas, used for windsurfing, having a mount for a sail, a daggerboard, and a small skeg.
  • sainthood — the character or status of a saint.
  • salad oil — an oil used in salad dressing, especially olive oil or a vegetable oil, as from sesame, corn, or safflower.
  • salmonoid — resembling a salmon.
  • samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
  • san diego — a seaport in SW California: naval and marine base.
  • sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
  • sapodilla — a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Compare sapodilla family.
  • sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
  • sardonian — a person who flatters with harmful or deadly intent
  • satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
  • satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
  • scaraboid — of, relating to, or resembling a scarabaeid
  • 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.
  • seminomad — a person living a partly nomadic life; a semi-nomadic person
  • serranoid — resembling or related to the sea bass family Serranidae.
  • shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
  • shadowing — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
  • side road — small street leading off larger road
  • sideboard — a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.
  • sigmoidal — shaped like the letter C.
  • signboard — a board bearing a sign.
  • silk road — ancient trade route extending from China to the Mediterranean
  • skid road — an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants.
  • skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
  • slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
  • snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
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