9-letter words containing a, d, o, p
- cardphone — a public telephone operated by the insertion of a phonecard instead of coins
- carpooled — Simple past tense and past participle of carpool.
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- chaetopod — any annelid worm of the classes Oligochaeta or Polychaeta
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- chokedamp — blackdamp
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- clapboard — A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white.
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- clodpated — stupid
- coadapted — adapted to one another
- cold pack — a method of lowering the body temperature by wrapping a person in a sheet soaked in cold water
- cold snap — A cold snap is a short period of cold and icy weather.
- cold-pack — to place a cold pack on: to cold-pack a feverish patient.
- collapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of collapse.
- 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
- copulated — Simple past tense and past participle of copulate.
- copy-read — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
- cupolated — having a cupola or cupolas.
- damp down — To damp down something such as a strong emotion, an argument, or a crisis means to make it calmer or less intense.
- dampproof — resistant to dampness or the effects of dampness.
- datapoint — An identifiable element in a data set.
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- dead drop — a prearranged secret spot where one espionage agent leaves a message or material for another agent to pick up.
- dead spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- dead-spot — Anatomy. a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones.
- decapodal — (zoology) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decoupage — the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- demo tape — a tape with a sample of someone's music recorded on it
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- deposable — Capable of being deposed, or deprived of office.
- deprogram — to cause to abandon a rigid commitment to certain beliefs, values, etc., as those of a religious cult, by undoing the effects of indoctrination
- desperado — A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
- despotate — An area ruled by a despot (\u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03c0\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries).
- diapasons — Plural form of diapason.
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- diaphonic — Of or pertaining to diaphony.
- diasporas — Plural form of diaspora.
- diaspores — Plural form of diaspore.
- diasporic — of or relating to a (or the) Diaspora