9-letter words containing a, r, d, e, c
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
- leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
- liar dice — a gambling game in which the throw of five dice by each player is concealed from the opponent and bluffing is permitted
- macerated — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- macrocode — a single code that contains a set of instructions.
- macrodome — a dome the faces of which are parallel to the greater lateral axis.
- macrolide — Any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
- manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- marcelled — Simple past tense and past participle of marcel.
- mascarade — Alternative form of masquerade.
- mascaraed — a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- massacred — Simple past tense and past participle of massacre.
- matricide — the act of killing one's mother.
- motorcade — a procession or parade of automobiles or other motor vehicles.
- muckraked — Simple past tense and past participle of muckrake.
- nectaried — having a nectary or nectaries
- nondancer — a person who does not dance
- nonsacred — Not sacred.
- notecards — An ambitious hypertext system developed at Xerox PARC, "designed to support the task of transforming a chaotic collection of unrelated thoughts into an integrated, orderly interpretation of ideas and their interconnections".
- obcordate — heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end, as a leaf.
- oceanward — Toward the ocean.
- octahedra — Plural form of octahedron.
- orcharder — One who owns or operates an orchard.
- ordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- overacted — Simple past tense and past participle of overact.
- pachyderm — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paramedic — Military. a medic in the paratroops.
- parcelled — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parchedly — in a parched manner
- pardubice — a city in N central Czech Republic, on the Elbe River.
- parricide — the act of killing one's father, mother, or other close relative.
- patricide — the act of killing one's own father.
- pediatric — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- placoderm — any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- practiced — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- preadamic — occurring or existing before Adam
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- predacity — predatory; rapacious.
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- predicate — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- prepacked — a package assembled by a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer and containing a specific number of items or a specific assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, etc., of a product.
- preplaced — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- proctodea — parts of the anus