9-letter words containing a, s, d, i
- skim-read — to read quickly and superficially, in order to pick up the important or significant details
- skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
- slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- snakebird — anhinga.
- snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
- soap dish — a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.
- soap-dish — a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.
- soda lime — a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.
- sorediate — having soredia
- spadassin — a swordsman
- spadefish — a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, especially C. faber, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America.
- spadelike — resembling a spade
- spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- spiderman — a person who erects the steel structure of a building
- spikedace — a scaleless, mottled, olive-brown fish, Meda fulgida, of the Gila River system in New Mexico and Arizona, having two dorsal spines.
- spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
- spiralled — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia
- springald — a youth; young fellow.
- staidness — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- stair rod — a rod for holding a stair carpet in place against the bottom of a riser.
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- staminody — the metamorphosis of any of various flower organs, as a sepal or a petal, into a stamen.
- staminoid — like a stamen
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- standpipe — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- stapedial — the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- stapedius — the small muscle in the inner ear attached to and controlling the stapes
- stardrift — the very small continuous change in the direction of movement which is shared by the stars within a particular cluster
- stasidion — a choir stall in an Orthodox church.
- state aid — financial support extended by a state government to a local institution serving the public, as a school or library.
- stateside — being in or toward the continental U.S.
- statewide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- stationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- steadicam — a mechanism for steadying a handheld camera, consisting of a shock-absorbing arm to which the camera is attached and a harness worn by the camera operator
- steadiest — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- steradian — a solid angle at the center of a sphere subtending a section on the surface equal in area to the square of the radius of the sphere. Abbreviation: sr.
- steroidal — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stranding — to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
- streisand — Barbra. born 1942, US singer, actress, and film director: the films she has acted in include Funny Girl (1968) and A Star is Born (1976); her films as actress and director include Yentl (1983), Prince of Tides (1990), and The Mirror has Two Faces (1996)
- studiable — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- sub-ideal — a conception of something in its perfection.
- subhalide — a halide containing a relatively small proportion of the halogen, as mercurous chloride.
- sudaminal — pertaining to a sudamen or sudamina; comprising sudamina
- sugarbird — any of various honeycreepers that feed on nectar.
- sustained — to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.