9-letter words containing a, d, m
- cladogram — a treelike diagram illustrating the development of a clade
- clambered — an act or instance of clambering.
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- co durham — County Durham
- code name — A code name is a name used for someone or something in order to keep their identity secret.
- code-name — to assign a code name to.
- codenamed — Simple past tense and past participle of codename.
- codenames — Plural form of codename.
- cofferdam — a watertight structure, usually of sheet piling, that encloses an area under water, pumped dry to enable construction work to be carried out. Below a certain depth a caisson is required
- cold meat — a form of meat that has been cooked and allowed to become cold
- colombard — a white grape grown in France, California, and Australia, used for making wine
- comatulid — any of a group of crinoid echinoderms, including the feather stars, in which the adults are free-swimming
- combatted — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- comedians — Plural form of comedian.
- comedical — of, relating to, or of the nature of comedy.
- commanded — to direct with specific authority or prerogative; order: The captain commanded his men to attack.
- commander — A commander is an officer in charge of a military operation or organization.
- commandos — Plural form of commando.
- commendam — the temporary holding of an ecclesiastical benefice
- commodate — (Scotland, legal) A gratuitous loan.
- communard — a member of a commune
- compacted — compressed as a result of physical pressure
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- compander — a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus
- companied — Simple past tense and past participle of company.
- compassed — Simple past tense and past participle of compass.
- compendia — a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine.
- comprador — (formerly in China and some other Asian countries) a native agent of a foreign enterprise
- comradely — If you do something in a comradely way, you are being pleasant and friendly to other people.
- comradery — camaraderie or comradeship
- condyloma — a skin tumour near the anus or genital organs, esp as a result of syphilis
- cramdowns — Plural form of cramdown.
- creamlaid — (of laid paper) cream-coloured and of a ribbed appearance
- cum laude — If a college student graduates cum laude, they receive the third highest honor that is possible. The second-highest grade is known as magna cum laude, and the highest grade of all is known as summa cum laude.
- cumulated — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- cyanamide — a white or colourless crystalline soluble weak dibasic acid, which can be hydrolysed to urea. Formula: H2NCN
- d'amboise — Jacques [French zhahk] /French ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), (Joseph) born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer.
- dadgummit — (US, euphemistic) goddammit.
- daemonian — demonian.
- daemonize — Demonize.
- dairymaid — (esp formerly) a girl or woman who works in a dairy, esp one who milks cows and makes butter and cheese on a farm
- daisy ham — a boned and smoked piece of pork from the pig's shoulder
- dalmatian — A Dalmatian is a large dog with short, smooth, white hair and black or dark brown spots.
- dalmatics — Plural form of dalmatic.
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- daltonism — colour blindness, esp the confusion of red and green
- damascene — to ornament (metal, esp steel) by etching or by inlaying, usually with gold or silver
- damaskeen — Alternative form of damascene.
- damasking — Present participle of damask.