9-letter words containing a, l, d, e, r
- friesland — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- frikkadel — A traditional Afrikaner dish of baked (or sometimes deep-fried) meatballs prepared with onion, bread, eggs, vinegar, and spices.
- galleried — a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.
- gardenful — An amount sufficient to fill a garden.
- gargoyled — (of a building) Having gargoyles carved into it.
- garlanded — a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration: A garland of laurel was placed on the winner's head.
- garlander — One who makes or bears a garland.
- garlicked — flavoured with garlic
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- geraldine — a female given name: derived from Gerald.
- geraldton — a seaport in W Australia.
- gerundial — (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”. See also gerundive (def 1).
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- glaciered — covered by, or coming from, glaciers
- glamoured — Simple past tense and past participle of glamour.
- glandered — affected with glanders.
- glissader — One who glissades.
- goldarned — goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).
- goldwater — Barry Morris, 1909–1998, U.S. politician: U.S senator 1953–64 and 1968–87.
- gradeless — Without a grade.
- gravelled — Simple past tense and past participle of gravel.
- greendale — a town in SE Wisconsin.
- greenland — a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. Capital: Godthåb.
- grid leak — a high-resistance device that permits excessive charges on the grid to leak off or escape.
- grindelia — any of various composite plants of the genus Grindelia, comprising the gumweeds.
- grunewald — Mathias [mah-tee-ahs] /mɑˈti ɑs/ (Show IPA), (Mathias Neithardt-Gothardt) c1470–1528, German painter and architect.
- guanadrel — a substance, C 20 H 40 N 6 O 8 S, used as an antihypertensive.
- guardedly — cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
- guardless — Defenceless.
- hairslide — A clip that is used to keep a woman's hair in position.
- handlebar — Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
- hard left — You use hard left to describe those members of a left wing political group or party who have the most extreme political beliefs.
- hard lens — a contact lens of rigid plastic or silicon, exerting light pressure on the cornea of the eye, used for correcting various vision problems including astigmatism.
- hard sell — aggressive sales
- hard-line — adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
- hard-sell — characterized by or promoted through a hard sell: hard-sell tactics.
- hardliner — Alternative spelling of hard-liner.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- head girl — The head girl of a school is the girl who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- headrails — Plural form of headrail.
- heartedly — having a specified kind of heart (now used only in combination): hardhearted; sad-hearted.
- heartland — the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.
- helengrad — a satirical name for Wellington as the seat of Helen Clark's socialist government from 1999 to 2008
- hellwards — towards hell
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- heyerdahl — Thor [too r] /tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1914–2002, Norwegian ethnologist and author.
- hildegard — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface