9-letter words containing a, r, o, d
- broadtail — the highly valued black wavy fur obtained from the skins of newly born karakul lambs; caracul
- broadwife — a female slave whose husband was owned by another master.
- broadwise — breadthwise
- bromeliad — any plant of the tropical American family Bromeliaceae, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish moss
- broodmare — mare for breeding
- buckboard — an open four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with the seat attached to a flexible board between the front and rear axles
- burladero — a safe area for the bull-fighter in a bull ring
- bush road — a rough road cut through forested land usually to serve a lumbering, mining, or other commercial company.
- cagoulard — a member of a secret French organization, active 1932–40, that conspired to overthrow the Third Republic.
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- callboard — a notice board listing opportunities for performers
- camcorder — A camcorder is a portable video camera which records both pictures and sound.
- campeador — a champion
- caprioled — Simple past tense and past participle of capriole.
- car radio — a radio built into the dashboard of an automobile
- caracoled — Simple past tense and past participle of caracole.
- carangoid — resembling a fish of the family Carangidae; carangid.
- carbonade — a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer
- carbonado — a piece of meat, fish, etc, scored and grilled
- carcinoid — a small serotonin-secreting tumour, usually slow-growing and occurring in the gastrointestinal tract, although it may spread to the liver
- card vote — a vote by delegates, esp at a trade-union conference, in which each delegate's vote counts as a vote by all his or her constituents
- cardamoms — Plural form of cardamom.
- cardboard — Cardboard is thick, stiff paper that is used, for example, to make boxes and models.
- cardphone — a public telephone operated by the insertion of a phonecard instead of coins
- cardstock — paper stock stiff enough for the printing of business cards and similar uses.
- carpooled — Simple past tense and past participle of carpool.
- carronade — an obsolete naval gun of short barrel and large bore
- cartloads — Plural form of cartload.
- catchword — A catchword is a word or phrase that becomes popular or well-known, for example, because it is associated with a political campaign.
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- cedarwood — the wood of a cedar tree
- ceratodus — any of various extinct lungfish constituting the genus Ceratodus, common in Cretaceous and Triassic times
- chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
- chardzhou — a city in E Turkmenistan, on the Amu Darya.
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- chondroma — a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm
- chordates — belonging or pertaining to the phylum Chordata, comprising the true vertebrates and those animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates.
- choroidal — relating to the choroid
- chowkidar — (in India) a watchman or gatekeeper.
- chromatid — either of the two strands into which a chromosome divides during mitosis. They separate to form daughter chromosomes at anaphase
- chromidia — chromatins in cell cytoplasm
- cladogram — a treelike diagram illustrating the development of a clade
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clapboard — A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white.
- clarendon — a style of boldface roman type
- clay road — an unsealed and unmetalled road in a rural area
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.