9-letter words containing a, d, n, s
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- castaneda — Carlos, 1925–1998, U.S. anthropologist and writer, born in Peru.
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
- chandlers — Plural form of chandler.
- chastened — subdued; humbled
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- clubhands — Plural form of clubhand.
- coarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of coarsen.
- coastland — the land fringing a coast
- coatstand — a frame or pole equipped with hooks or arms for hanging up coats, etc
- codenames — Plural form of codename.
- colanders — Plural form of colander.
- cold snap — A cold snap is a short period of cold and icy weather.
- comedians — Plural form of comedian.
- commandos — Plural form of commando.
- consarned — confounded; damned.
- cramdowns — Plural form of cramdown.
- crashland — Alternative form of crash-land.
- credenzas — Plural form of credenza.
- crossband — (in furniture) a layer of wood beneath, and with its grain at right angles to, the veneer
- crusading — campaigning
- custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- dachshund — A dachshund is a small dog that has very short legs, a long body, and long ears.
- daffiness — silliness; craziness
- daghestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- dailiness — the quality or nature of being daily
- daintiest — Superlative form of dainty.
- dal segno — (of a piece of music) to be repeated from the point marked with a sign to the word fine
- 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.
- damasquin — decorate metal
- damnedest — If you say that something is the damnedest thing, you are emphasizing that it is surprising or odd.
- dandifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dandify.
- dandiness — Quality of being dandy.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- dantesque — in the style of Dante; characterized by impressive elevation of style with deep solemnity or somberness of feeling.
- darkeners — Plural form of darkener.
- darkeness — Obsolete form of darkness.
- darklings — in darkness
- darknesse — Archaic spelling of darkness.
- darnedest — (euphemistic) See damnedest.
- darwinism — the theory of the origin of animal and plant species by evolution through a process of natural selection
- darwinist — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- dashingly — In a dashing manner.
- datedness — the state of being old-fashioned