9-letter words containing a, n, d, e
- side band — the band of frequencies at the sides of the carrier frequency of a modulated signal.
- signalled — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- sjaelland — Zealand.
- skean dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skean-dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- slamdance — to hurl oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock concert
- slanderer — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- snakebird — anhinga.
- snakehead — checkered lily.
- snakeweed — bistort (def 1).
- snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
- sneakered — wearing sneakers
- snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
- spaceband — a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words
- spendable — available for spending.
- spiderman — a person who erects the steel structure of a building
- spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
- squadrone — a former Scottish political party, active in the last parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union, in the early 18th century
- stagehand — a person who moves properties, regulates lighting, etc., in a theatrical production.
- stagnated — to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
- staidness — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
- standpipe — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- stationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- steradian — a solid angle at the center of a sphere subtending a section on the surface equal in area to the square of the radius of the sphere. Abbreviation: sr.
- sternward — toward the stern; astern.
- stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
- strangled — A strangled voice or cry sounds unclear because the throat muscles of the person speaking or crying are tight.
- streisand — Barbra. born 1942, US singer, actress, and film director: the films she has acted in include Funny Girl (1968) and A Star is Born (1976); her films as actress and director include Yentl (1983), Prince of Tides (1990), and The Mirror has Two Faces (1996)
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- subwarden — an assistant to a warden, a deputy or subordinate warden
- sudermann — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1928, German dramatist and novelist.
- sun dance — a religious ceremony associated with the sun, practiced by North American Indians of the Plains, consisting of dancing attended with various symbolic rites and commonly including self-torture.
- sun-baked — Sun-baked land or earth has been made hard and dry by the sun shining on it.
- sundanese — a member of a people of western Java.
- sunshades — something used as a protection from the rays of the sun, as an awning or a parasol.
- suntanned — having a suntan: suntanned strollers on the boardwalk.
- sustained — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- swan dive — into water
- swan-dive — to perform a swan dive.
- sweatband — a band lining the inside of a hat or cap to protect it against sweat from the head.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- synedrial — relating to a synedrion
- tableland — an elevated and generally level region of considerable extent; plateau.
- taekwondo — a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
- tailender — a person at the tail end, esp (in cricket) the batter or batters last in the batting order
- take down — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.