9-letter words containing a, r, d
- at random — If you choose people or things at random, you do not use any particular method, so they all have an equal chance of being chosen.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- attainder — (formerly) the extinction of a person's civil rights resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry on conviction for treason or felony
- attenders — Plural form of attender.
- attracted — feeling a pleasing, alluring, or fascinating influence from someone or something
- attritted — to wear down (an opposing military force) by numerical superiority in troops or firepower.
- audiogram — a graphic record of the acuity of hearing of a person obtained by means of an audiometer
- auditoria — the space set apart for the audience in a theater, school, or other public building.
- auditress — a female auditor
- aurobindo — Sri (Sri Aurobindo Ghose) 1872–1950, Indian scholar and spiritual leader.
- auslander — (in a German-speaking country) a foreigner
- autocoder — (language) Possibly the first primitive compiler. AUTOCODER was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952. It translated symbolic statements into machine language for the Manchester Mark I computer. Autocoding later came to be a generic term for assembly language programming.
- autodrome — a track or circuit for racing cars, go-karts, etc
- avertedly — in an averted or offended manner
- avid fart — a flashy and intrusive visual effects editing style
- awardable — Capable of being awarded.
- awkwardly — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- axis deer — an Asian deer, Cervus (Axis) axis, of India and Sri Lanka, having a reddish-brown coat spotted with white.
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- azedarach — the astringent bark of the chinaberry tree, formerly used as an emetic and cathartic
- azederach — Alternative spelling of azedarach.
- back door — a door at the rear or side of a building
- back road — A back road is a small country road with very little traffic.
- back yard — an area, usually paved, at the rear of a building
- back-door — secret; furtive; illicit; indirect.
- backboard — In basketball, the backboard is the flat board above each of the baskets.
- backdraft — an explosive surge in a fire produced by the sudden mixing of air with other combustible gases.
- backdrops — Plural form of backdrop.
- backfired — Simple past tense and past participle of backfire.
- backorder — Commerce. an order or part of an order waiting to be filled.
- backroads — Plural form of backroad.
- backround — Misspelling of background.
- backsword — a person who uses the backsword
- backwards — If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
- backwords — Plural form of backword.
- backyards — Plural form of backyard.
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
- bad break — misfortune, period of bad luck
- bad paper — a less-than-honorable discharge from military service.
- bad-press — to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- badassery — (slang) The behaviour or quality of a badass.
- badgering — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- badinerie — a name given in the 18th century to a type of quick, light movement in a suite
- bakeboard — a board on which bread dough is rolled and kneaded
- balladeer — a singer of ballads
- balladier — a person who sings ballads.
- banbridge — a district in S Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 43 083 (2003 est). Area: 442 sq km (170 sq miles)
- band-role — a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.
- bandalore — an old-fashioned type of yo-yo