9-letter words containing a, n, d, r
- rhodanate — a salt of thiocyanic acid
- rhodanize — to plate with rhodium
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rhoeadine — a chemical compound found in the red poppy which has similar effects to those of opium
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- ring road — motorway around a city
- ringstand — a stand on which laboratory equipment is placed
- road gang — a group of workers employed to repair or build roads.
- road sign — traffic notice
- road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
- rock band — heavy pop music group
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- rotundate — rounded
- round-arm — denoting or using bowling with the arm held more or less horizontal
- roundarch — having rounded arches
- roundball — basketball
- roundelay — a song in which a phrase, line, or the like, is continually repeated.
- roundhand — a style of handwriting with large rounded curves
- roundhead — a member or adherent of the Parliamentarians or Puritan party during the civil wars of the 17th century (so called in derision by the Cavaliers because they wore their hair cut short).
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- ruddleman — a person who deals in ruddle.
- runaround — indecisive or evasive treatment, especially in response to a request: Ask for a raise and he'll give you the runaround.
- saffroned — containing or coloured by saffron
- samarinda — a city on E Borneo, in Indonesia.
- samarkand — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- sand crab — any of several crabs that live on sandy beaches, as the ghost crab or mole crab.
- sand pear — Asian pear.
- sand trap — (on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.
- sand-trap — (on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.
- sandcrack — a perpendicular fissure in some part of the wall of an animal's hoof, esp. of a horse, often caused by sandy soil
- sanderson — Tessa. born 1956, British javelin-thrower: won gold at the 1984 Olympics
- sandhurst — a village in S England, near Reading, W of London: military college.
- sandpaper — strong paper coated with a layer of sand or other abrasive, used for smoothing or polishing.
- sandpiper — any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.
- sandstorm — a windstorm, especially in a desert, that blows along great clouds of sand (distinguished from dust storm).
- sandy ray — a species of ray, Leucoraja circularis, of the family Rajidae
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sanhedrim — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- santander — Francisco de Paula [frahn-sees-kaw th e pou-lah] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ ˈpaʊ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1840, South American soldier and statesman: president of New Granada 1832–37.
- sarabande — a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
- sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sardinian — of or relating to Sardinia, its inhabitants, or their language.
- sardonian — a person who flatters with harmful or deadly intent
- saturniid — any of several large, brightly colored moths of the family Saturniidae, comprising the giant silkworm moths.
- sauntered — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- scamander — ancient name of the river Menderes.
- scrubland — land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
- seastrand — seashore.