9-letter words containing a, r, i, d, n
- indinavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral drug of the protease inhibitor class that is used in to treat HIV infected patients.
- indraught — an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- indrawing — An inhale of breath.
- indurable — Archaic form of endurable.
- indurance — Obsolete form of endurance.
- indurated — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- infarcted — a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- infra dig — beneath one's dignity.
- infra-red — the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
- infracted — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- infradian — (of a rhythm or cycle ) having a period of recurrence longer than a day; occurring less than once a day.
- ingerland — a jocular spelling of England, as pronounced in the chants of sports, esp football, supporters
- ingrafted — engraft.
- ingrained — ingrained; firmly fixed.
- inhearsed — Simple past tense and past participle of inhearse.
- inroading — Present participle of inroad.
- instarred — to set with or as if with stars.
- integrand — the expression to be integrated.
- interdash — to intersperse with hasty strokes of a pen or other writing instrument
- interdata — (company) A computer manufacturer. Interdata became Perkin-Elmer, then Concurrent.
- interdeal — to negotiate or deal mutually
- interlaid — Simple past tense and past participle of interlay.
- interlard — to diversify by adding or interjecting something unique, striking, or contrasting (usually followed by with): to interlard one's speech with oaths.
- intraband — (physics) Describing a property within a band (magnetic, spectral etc).
- intreated — Simple past tense and past participle of intreat.
- iron hand — strict or harsh control: The general governed the country with an iron hand.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- irradiant — irradiating; radiant; shining.
- irredenta — a region that is under the political jurisdiction of one nation but is related to another by reason of cultural, historical, and ethnic ties.
- irridenta — a region that is ethnically or historically tied to one country, but which is ruled by another
- irukandji — a tiny but highly venomous Australian jellyfish
- isandrous — having the stamens similar to each other and equal in number to the petals.
- islanders — Plural form of islander.
- jaborandi — any of several South American shrubs belonging to the genus Pilocarpus, of the rue family.
- jordanian — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- kabardian — a Circassian language of the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Republic.
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- kidnapper — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kinkaider — a person who received free land under the provisions of the Kinkaid Act.
- kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- laddering — Present participle of ladder.
- land girl — a girl or woman who does farm work, esp in wartime
- land rail — corn crake.
- land rain — a steady, heavy rain.
- laundries — Plural form of laundry.
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- madrilene — a consommé flavored with tomato, frequently jelled and served cold.
- madrileno — a native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.