9-letter words containing a, n, d, r
- radioland — the aggregate of listeners within the reach of a radio station's transmission.
- radionics — a dowsing technique using a pendulum to detect the energy fields that are emitted by all forms of matter
- radiothon — an on-the-air radio campaign, often lasting 24 hours or more, designed to raise money for a radio station, charity, the arts, etc., as from listeners phoning in and pledging specific donations, sometimes in exchange for gifts or premiums.
- rain date — an alternative date for an outdoor event in case it is postponed or interrupted by rain.
- rain hood — a waterproof hood attached to a coat, that may be raised to cover the head when it is raining
- rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
- rainy day — a time of need or emergency: saving money for a rainy day.
- ramp down — decrease effort, work
- rancidity — having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils: rancid butter.
- randiness — sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.
- randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
- rangeland — range (def 17).
- raw-boned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- raynaud's — a disease, mainly affecting women, in which spasms in the blood vessels of the fingers or toes restrict blood flow to the affected part, which becomes pale, numb, and sometimes painful
- read into — If you read a meaning into something, you think it is there although it may not actually be there.
- read-only — of or relating to files or memory that can be read but cannot normally be changed.
- readiness — the condition of being ready.
- readvance — to advance again or further
- reamended — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- rebranded — kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like: the best brand of coffee.
- red angus — one of a subpopulation of Aberdeen Angus beef cattle having a reddish coat.
- red china — China, People's Republic of.
- red giant — a star in an intermediate stage of evolution, characterized by a large volume, low surface temperature, and reddish hue.
- red panda — firefox: racoon-like animal native to China
- red roman — a marine food fish, Chrisoblephus laticeps
- red shank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- redaction — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- reddleman — ruddleman.
- reductant — a reducing agent which as it is oxidized is capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance
- redundant — characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix: a redundant style.
- referenda — the principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body, head of state, etc., to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection. Compare initiative (def 4a).
- refrained — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- regardant — (of a beast) looking backward: a stag regardant.
- regarding — with regard to; respecting; concerning: He said nothing regarding the lost watch.
- regranted — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- reinhardt — Jean Baptiste [French zhahn ba-teest] /French ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), ("Django") 1910–53, Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist.
- relaunder — to launder again
- reloading — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- remainder — something that remains or is left: the remainder of the day.
- remanding — to send back, remit, or consign again.
- rembrandt — (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn or van Ryn) 1606–69, Dutch painter.
- renegated — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- reprimand — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- restained — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- retardant — any substance capable of reducing the speed of a given reaction.
- retrained — to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- rewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
- rheinland — Rhineland.
- rhineland — that part of Germany W of the Rhine.
- rhodamine — a red dye obtained by heating an alkyl aminophenol with phthalic anhydride.