9-letter words containing a, d, i, t, o
- 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.
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- quotidian — daily: a quotidian report.
- radiation — Physics. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and absorbed by another body. the energy transferred by these processes.
- radio set — an apparatus that receives radio signals
- radiocast — a radiobroadcast.
- 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.
- radiothon — an on-the-air radio campaign, often lasting 24 hours or more, designed to raise money for a radio station, charity, the arts, etc., as from listeners phoning in and pledging specific donations, sometimes in exchange for gifts or premiums.
- read into — If you read a meaning into something, you think it is there although it may not actually be there.
- redaction — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- road trip — journey in a car, bus, etc.
- sainthood — the character or status of a saint.
- 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.
- sorediate — having soredia
- stair rod — a rod for holding a stair carpet in place against the bottom of a riser.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- staminody — the metamorphosis of any of various flower organs, as a sepal or a petal, into a stamen.
- staminoid — like a stamen
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- stasidion — a choir stall in an Orthodox church.
- stationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- steroidal — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
- tailboard — the tailgate, especially of a wagon or truck.
- thanatoid — resembling or like death
- theodosia — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “god-given.”.
- thibodaux — a city in SE Louisiana.
- thio acid — an acid in which part or all of the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur.
- thylakoid — a flattened sac or vesicle lined with a pigmented membrane that is the site of photosynthesis, in plants and algae occurring in interconnected stacks constituting a granum of the chloroplast, and in other photosynthesizing organisms occurring either singly or as part of the cell membrane or other structure.
- thyroidal — of or relating to the thyroid gland
- toad spit — cuckoo spit (sense 1)
- tradition — the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition.
- trainload — the cargo or passenger capacity of a train.
- trapezoid — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- trematoid — relating to a trematode
- typhoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- validator — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- video art — an art form involving the creative exploitation of video technology to produce videotapes for viewing on a television screen.
- videocast — a television broadcast of the video only.
- videotape — magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
- vistadome — dome (def 7).
- wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.