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9-letter words containing a, n, d, w

  • in a word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • indrawing — An inhale of breath.
  • janjaweed — an armed tribal militia group in the Darfur region of western Sudan
  • knapweeds — Plural form of knapweed.
  • lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
  • lancewood — the tough, elastic wood of any of various trees, especially Oxandra lanceolata, of tropical America, used for carriage shafts, cabinetwork, etc.
  • land wind — land breeze.
  • land with — to give to, so as to put in difficulties; cause to be burdened with
  • land-wind — a wind that comes from the land
  • landowner — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • landowska — Wanda [won-duh;; Polish vahn-dah] /ˈwɒn də;; Polish ˈvɑn dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1959, Polish harpsichordist, in the U.S. after 1940.
  • landwards — Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
  • langwidge — Eye dialect of language.
  • lansdowne — Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice [pet-ee-fits-mawr-is,, -mor-] /ˈpɛt i fɪtsˈmɔr ɪs,, -ˈmɒr-/ (Show IPA), 5th Marquis of, 1845–1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888–94, foreign secretary 1900–05.
  • load down — If you load someone down with things, especially heavy things, you give them a large number of them or put a large number of them on them.
  • loan word — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
  • loanwords — Plural form of loanword.
  • lowlander — a native of the Lowlands.
  • manawydan — a brother of Bran, Efnisien, and Branwen, and the second husband of Rhiannon: he rescued Pryderi from enchantments cast upon him by Llwyd.
  • mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • mark-down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
  • moonwards — towards the moon
  • nail down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
  • nail-down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
  • nanoworld — The sphere of influence of nanotechnology.
  • new media — developing forms of media, usually electronic, regarded as being experimental.
  • newsboard — bulletin board.
  • newsstand — a stall or other place at which newspapers and often periodicals are sold, as on a street corner or in a building lobby.
  • newstrade — newspaper retail as a whole
  • nidwalden — a demicanton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 106 sq. mi. (275 sq. km). Capital: Stans.
  • nightward — heading towards night, heading westwards
  • northward — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
  • oceanward — Toward the ocean.
  • old woman — elderly lady
  • overdrawn — Past participle of overdraw.
  • own brand — Own brands are products which have the trademark or label of the shop which sells them, especially a supermarket chain. They are normally cheaper than other popular brands.
  • pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
  • phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
  • play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
  • powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
  • prewarned — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
  • rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
  • ramp down — decrease effort, work
  • raw-boned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
  • rewarding — affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
  • road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
  • rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
  • sand wasp — any of certain sphecid wasps of the subfamily Bembicinae that nest in the ground and are common along the seashore.
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