9-letter words containing a, n, d, r
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- sedentary — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
- serenaded — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- serenader — a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- serranoid — resembling or related to the sea bass family Serranidae.
- sforzando — to be played with strong initial attack
- shinguard — sport: protective pad for lower leg
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- shorthand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shrubland — land covered by shrubs
- signboard — a board bearing a sign.
- slanderer — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- smorzando — fading away; dying out (a musical direction).
- snakebird — anhinga.
- sneakered — wearing sneakers
- snodgrass — W(illiam) D(ewitt) [duh-wit] /dəˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1926–2009, U.S. poet.
- snowboard — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- soundcard — A soundcard is a piece of equipment which can be put into a computer so that the computer can produce music or other sounds.
- 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.
- springald — a youth; young fellow.
- squadrone — a former Scottish political party, active in the last parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union, in the early 18th century
- stand for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- standards — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
- standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
- 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.
- stralsund — a seaport in NE Germany: a member of the medieval Hanseatic League; besieged by Wallenstein 1628.
- stranding — to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
- 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)
- 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.
- swordsman — a person who uses or is skilled in the use of a sword.
- synedrial — relating to a synedrion
- tailender — a person at the tail end, esp (in cricket) the batter or batters last in the batting order
- tar sands — sands or sandstone deposits containing tarry, viscous, bituminous oil
- tardiness — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- teagarden — Weldon John [wel-dn] /ˈwɛl dn/ (Show IPA), ("Jack") 1905–64, U.S. jazz trombonist and singer.
- tear down — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
- tenderman — any member of the crew of a vessel engaged in conveying fish from a trap or pound to the shore.
- tendulkar — Sachin (ˈsæʃɪn) (Ramesh). born 1973, Indian cricketer: he played in 200 test matches (1989–2013) and was the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in tests (2011) and first to score 100 international centuries (2012)
- theandric — relating to the state of being both divine and human, esp pertaining to Christ
- third man — Cricket. the position of a fielder on the off side between slip and point. the fielder occupying this position.
- thirdhand — previously used or owned by two successive people.
- thirdsman — an intermediary or arbitrator; the third person
- threadfin — any spiny-rayed fishes of the family Polynemidae, having the lower part of the pectoral fin composed of numerous, separate, filamentous rays.
- threading — twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing.