9-letter words containing a, d, r, t
- catchword — A catchword is a word or phrase that becomes popular or well-known, for example, because it is associated with a political campaign.
- cathartid — (zoology) Any member of the Cathartidae.
- cathedral — A cathedral is a very large and important church which has a bishop in charge of it.
- ceratodus — any of various extinct lungfish constituting the genus Ceratodus, common in Cretaceous and Triassic times
- chaptered — a main division of a book, treatise, or the like, usually bearing a number or title.
- chartered — Chartered is used to indicate that someone, such as an accountant or a surveyor, has formally qualified in their profession.
- chattered — to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
- chordates — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates.
- chromatid — either of the two strands into which a chromosome divides during mitosis. They separate to form daughter chromosomes at anaphase
- citigrade — relating to (fast-moving) wolf spiders
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- clarthead — a slow-witted or stupid person
- clattered — to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- coadjutor — a bishop appointed as assistant to a diocesan bishop
- coastward — towards the coast
- coat card — face card.
- coatdress — a coatlike dress having a buttoned front and, usually, lapels and long sleeves
- cocreated — Simple past tense and past participle of cocreate.
- coldwater — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- concordat — a pact or treaty, esp one between the Vatican and another state concerning the interests of religion in that state
- contadora — Contadora Group.
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- corelated — to correlate.
- coronated — having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- cortadito — an espresso topped with an approximately equal amount of steamed milk.
- cost card — a summary of costs involved in the production of a product.
- costarred — Simple past tense and past participle of costar.
- courtyard — A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls.
- crispated — Crispate.
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- cryptadia — a collection of things to be kept hidden
- cultrated — Cultrate.
- curd tart — a tart with a sweet filling in which curd is the main ingredient
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- damnatory — threatening or occasioning condemnation
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- dandiprat — a small English coin minted in the 16th century
- dankworth — Sir John (Philip William). 1927–2010, British jazz composer, bandleader, and saxophonist: married to Cleo Laine
- dark meat — meat that is dark in appearance after cooking, especially a leg or thigh of chicken or turkey (distinguished from white meat).
- 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
- 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)
- darnation — Alternative form of tarnation.
- darnedest — (euphemistic) See damnedest.
- dartboard — A dartboard is a circular board with numbers on it which is used as the target in a game of darts.
- dartingly — In a darting manner; rapidly.
- dartmouth — a port in SW England, in S Devon: Royal Naval College (1905). Pop: 5512 (2001)
- 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.