9-letter words containing a, n, d, i
- cardinals — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- carinated — Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- carnified — Simple past tense and past participle of carnify.
- cascading — Present participle of cascade.
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cavendish — tobacco that has been sweetened and pressed into moulds to form bars
- cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
- cediranib — A potent inhibitor of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases, under development as a possible anticancer drug.
- celandine — either of two unrelated plants, Chelidonium majus (greater celandine) or Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine)
- chagrined — If you are chagrined by something, it disappoints, upsets, or annoys you, perhaps because of your own failure.
- chaminade — Cécile Louise Stéphanie [sey-seel lweez stey-fa-nee] /seɪˈsil lwiz steɪ faˈni/ (Show IPA), 1857–1944, French pianist and composer.
- chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
- ci-devant — (esp of an office-holder) former; recent
- cinquedea — an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- circadian — of or relating to biological processes that occur regularly at about 24-hour intervals, even in the absence of periodicity in the environment
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- cnidarian — any invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria, which comprises the coelenterates
- comedians — Plural form of comedian.
- companied — Simple past tense and past participle of company.
- compendia — a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine.
- concordia — the ancient Roman goddess of harmony or peace.
- condillac — Étienne Bonnot de (etjɛn bɔno də). 1715–80, French philosopher. He developed Locke's view that all knowledge derives from the senses in his Traité des sensations (1754)
- confidant — Someone's confidant is a man who they are able to discuss their private problems with.
- conrad ii — c990–1039, king of Germany 1024–39 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1027–39.
- conrad iv — 1228–54, king of Germany 1237–54 and Sicily 1251–54; uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (son of Frederick II).
- contadina — (in Italy) a female farmer or peasant
- contadino — (in Italy) a male farmer or peasant
- contained — kept from going beyond certain limits; confined
- coordinal — (of animals or plants) belonging to the same order
- coriander — Coriander is a plant with seeds that are used as a spice and leaves that are used as a herb.
- cornbraid — to braid (hair) in close parallel rows, creating a hairstyle known as a corn row
- corrading — Present participle of corrade.
- crinoidal — (zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids.
- crusading — campaigning
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
- cyanamide — a white or colourless crystalline soluble weak dibasic acid, which can be hydrolysed to urea. Formula: H2NCN
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- daedalian — of Daedalus
- daedalion — a son of Lucifer who, despondent over the death of his daughter Chione, leaped off Parnassus: Apollo changed him into a hawk.
- daemonian — demonian.
- daemonize — Demonize.
- daffiness — silliness; craziness
- daggering — A type of dance associated with dancehall, where dancer simulate dry sex to the musical beat.
- dagnabbit — (US, euphemistic, dated) goddamnit.
- dailiness — the quality or nature of being daily
- daintiest — Superlative form of dainty.
- dairyland — an area or region specializing in dairy production, as Wisconsin and Minnesota in the U.S.
- dalliance — If two people have a brief romantic relationship, you can say that they have a dalliance with each other, especially if they do not take it seriously.
- dalmatian — A Dalmatian is a large dog with short, smooth, white hair and black or dark brown spots.