9-letter words containing a, d, r, s
- coastward — towards the coast
- coatdress — a coatlike dress having a buttoned front and, usually, lapels and long sleeves
- codeshare — (aviation) Agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.
- colanders — Plural form of colander.
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- consarned — confounded; damned.
- cordgrass — a coarse perennial grass of the genus Spartina, characteristically growing in mud or marsh
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- cost card — a summary of costs involved in the production of a product.
- costarred — Simple past tense and past participle of costar.
- cowardise — Obsolete spelling of cowardice.
- cramdowns — Plural form of cramdown.
- crash pad — a place to live or sleep temporarily
- crashland — Alternative form of crash-land.
- credenzas — Plural form of credenza.
- crevassed — containing deep cracks or fissures
- crispated — Crispate.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- crossband — (in furniture) a layer of wood beneath, and with its grain at right angles to, the veneer
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- crossroad — a road that crosses another road
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crusaders — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusading — campaigning
- crusadoes — Plural form of crusado.
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- daiquiris — Plural form of daiquiri.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- darius ii — (Ochus) died 404 b.c, king of Persia 424–404 (son of Artaxerxes I).
- dark ages — the period from about the late 5th century ad to about 1000 ad, once considered an unenlightened period
- dark star — an invisible star known to exist only from observation of its radio, infrared, or other spectrum or of its gravitational effect, such as an invisible component of a binary or multiple star
- darkeners — Plural form of darkener.
- darkeness — Obsolete form of darkness.
- darkhorse — Having the character of a dark horse.
- darklings — in darkness
- darknesse — Archaic spelling of darkness.
- darkrooms — Plural form of darkroom.
- darkslide — Alternative form of dark slide.
- darmstadt — an industrial city in central Germany, in Hesse: former capital of the grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt (1567–1945). Pop: 139 698 (2003 est)
- 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.
- dashboard — The dashboard in a car is the panel facing the driver's seat where most of the instruments and switches are.
- dastardly — If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone.
- dasymeter — a device for measuring the density of gases
- daughters — Plural form of daughter.
- day nurse — a nurse who is on duty during the daytime
- daybreaks — Plural form of daybreak.
- daydreams — Plural form of daydream.