9-letter words containing a, d, r, s
- androgeus — a son of Minos and Pasiphaë who fell victim to Athenian King Aegeus: in revenge, Minos waged war on the Athenians and forced them to send a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths to the Minotaur every nine years.
- androides — Dated form of android.
- androsace — any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- anhydrase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of water
- anhydrous — containing no water, esp no water of crystallization
- appraised — Simple past tense and past participle of appraise.
- appressed — pressed closely against, but not joined to, a surface
- aquitards — Plural form of aquitard.
- arachnids — Plural form of arachnid.
- archdukes — Plural form of archduke.
- arcsecond — unit used in astronomy
- arduously — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
- aridities — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- aristides — known as Aristides the Just. ?530–?468 bc, Athenian general and statesman, who played a prominent part in the Greek victories over the Persians at Marathon (490), Salamis (480), and Plataea (479)
- arnoldson — Klas Pontus [klahs pawn-tuh s] /klɑs ˈpɔn təs/ (Show IPA), 1844–1916, Swedish author and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1908.
- arseholed — very drunk
- arsenides — Plural form of arsenide.
- ascarides — any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- ascenders — Plural form of ascender.
- ascendeur — a metal grip that is threaded on a rope and can be alternately tightened and slackened as an aid to climbing the rope: used attached to slings for the feet and waist
- asiderite — an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- asmoulder — in a smouldering or slowly burning manner
- aspirated — (of a stop) articulated with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- assuredly — If something is assuredly true, it is definitely true.
- asteroids — Plural form of asteroid.
- astraddle — with a leg on either side of something
- astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- astrodome — a transparent dome on the top of an aircraft, through which observations can be made, esp of the stars
- attenders — Plural form of attender.
- auditress — a female auditor
- auslander — (in a German-speaking country) a foreigner
- axis deer — an Asian deer, Cervus (Axis) axis, of India and Sri Lanka, having a reddish-brown coat spotted with white.
- backdrops — Plural form of backdrop.
- backroads — Plural form of backroad.
- backsword — a person who uses the backsword
- backwards — If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
- backwords — Plural form of backword.
- backyards — Plural form of backyard.
- bad-press — to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- badassery — (slang) The behaviour or quality of a badass.
- barnyards — Plural form of barnyard.
- baseboard — A baseboard is a narrow length of wood which goes along the bottom of a wall in a room and makes a border between the walls and the floor.
- bass drum — a large shallow drum of low and indefinite pitch
- bastardly — of no value; worthless.
- bastardry — malicious or cruel behaviour
- beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
- beardless — without a beard
- beardsley — Aubrey (Vincent). 1872–98, English illustrator: noted for his stylized black-and-white illustrations, esp those for Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock
- bedspread — A bedspread is a decorative cover which is put over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets.