9-letter words containing a, n, y, d
- by and by — presently or eventually
- by-and-by — the future: to meet in the sweet by-and-by.
- byrd land — a part of Antarctica, east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea: claimed for the US by Admiral Richard E. Byrd in 1929, though all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959
- bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- calcedony — Alt form chalcedony.
- candidacy — Someone's candidacy is their position of being a candidate in an election.
- candy bar — A candy bar is a long, thin, sweet food, usually covered in chocolate.
- candy-ass — a timid or cowardly person; wimp
- candygram — a message accompanied by sweets
- candytuft — either of two species of Iberis grown as annual garden plants for their umbels ("tufts") of white, red, or purplish flowers
- chandlery — the business, warehouse, or merchandise of a chandler
- clydebank — a town in W Scotland, in West Dunbartonshire on the north bank of the River Clyde. Pop: 29 858 (2001)
- condyloma — a skin tumour near the anus or genital organs, esp as a result of syphilis
- cyanamide — a white or colourless crystalline soluble weak dibasic acid, which can be hydrolysed to urea. Formula: H2NCN
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- dairyland — an area or region specializing in dairy production, as Wisconsin and Minnesota in the U.S.
- damnatory — threatening or occasioning condemnation
- damningly — in a damning manner
- damyankee — (in the southern U.S.) a person native to the northern states of the U.S., especially one who is disliked or regarded with suspicion.
- dandruffy — Dandrufflike.
- dandyfunk — a type of dessert typically eaten at sea, consisting of a cake or biscuit baked in fat and molasses
- darlingly — in a darling or charming manner
- dartingly — In a darting manner; rapidly.
- dashingly — In a dashing manner.
- daubingly — in a coating or smearing manner
- day nurse — a nurse who is on duty during the daytime
- day-clean — the time after first dawn when the sun begins to shine; clear daybreak
- day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.
- daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
- daycation — a day trip to a resort, hotel, etc that does not involve staying the night
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- dayspring — the dawn
- de lancey — James, 1703–60, American jurist and politician in New York.
- decadency — the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
- decennary — decade (sense 2)
- deejaying — the activity of performing as a disc jockey
- defiantly — characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.
- definably — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- definatly — Misspelling of definitely.
- defraying — Present participle of defray.
- dentality — the quality given to spoken words by the use of teeth
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- diachylon — a type of adhesive plaster, formerly made of various plant juices, but later containing lead oxide and glycerin
- dialyzing — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- dignitary — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- dilatancy — dilating; expanding.
- dimyarian — with two adductor muscles
- dionysiac — of or relating to the Dionysia or to Dionysus; Bacchic.
- dionysian — of, relating to, or honoring Dionysus or Bacchus.