9-letter words containing a, n, d, r, e, i
- ferdinand — 1784–1833, king of Spain 1808, 1814–33.
- fine-draw — Sewing. to sew together so finely that the joining is not noticeable.
- finedrawn — Drawn out with too much subtlety; overnice.
- finlander — an inhabitant of Finland, especially a native who customarily speaks Swedish.
- firebrand — a piece of burning wood or other material.
- floridean — of or relating to members of the botanical genus Florideae (red algae)
- friesland — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- fundraise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- gabardine — Also, gaberdine. a firm, tightly woven fabric of worsted, cotton, polyester, or other fiber, with a twill weave.
- gaberdine — Also, gabardine. a long, loose coat or frock for men, worn in the Middle Ages, especially by Jews.
- gandering — Present participle of gander.
- ganderism — foolish behaviour
- gardenias — Plural form of gardenia.
- gardening — a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- garnished — Simple past tense and past participle of garnish.
- geraldine — a female given name: derived from Gerald.
- germanide — (chemistry) any binary compound of germanium and a more electropositive element.
- 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).
- gesneriad — any of various, chiefly tropical plants of the gesneria family.
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- gradients — Plural form of gradient.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandsire — a grandfather.
- grandview — a town in W Missouri.
- gratineed — to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- grenadian — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- grenadier — (in the British army) a member of the first regiment of household infantry (Grenadier Guards)
- grenadine — a syrup made from pomegranate juice.
- grindelia — any of various composite plants of the genus Grindelia, comprising the gumweeds.
- haberdine — a cod that has been dried and salted
- hagridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- hand-ride — to ride (a horse) in a race without using a whip or spurs, urging it on with only the hands.
- handwrite — to write (something) by hand.
- hard-line — adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
- hardening — a material that hardens another, as an alloy added to iron to make steel.
- hardiment — hardihood.
- hardiness — the capacity for enduring or sustaining hardship, privation, etc.; capability of surviving under unfavorable conditions.
- hardliner — Alternative spelling of hard-liner.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- hebridean — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- heralding — (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
- herniated — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hirudinea — the class comprising the leeches.
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- hydramine — an amine derived from a glycol in which one hydroxyl is replaced by an amino group.
- hydrazine — Also called diamine. a colorless, oily, fuming liquid, N 2 H 4 , that is a weak base in solution and forms a large number of salts resembling ammonium salts: used chiefly as a reducing agent and a jet-propulsion fuel.
- icelander — a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).