9-letter words containing a, s, d, i
- swan dive — into water
- swan-dive — to perform a swan dive.
- swaziland — a kingdom in SE Africa between S Mozambique and the E Republic of South Africa: formerly a British protectorate. 6704 sq. mi. (17,363 sq. km). Capital: Mbabane.
- swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- synedrial — relating to a synedrion
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- tableside — the area around or beside a table.
- tahsildar — (in India) a collector for, or official of, the revenue department.
- tail skid — a runner under the tail of an airplane.
- tailslide — the backward descent of an aeroplane after stalling or losing speed while in an upward trajectory
- talmudist — a person versed in the Talmud.
- tanalised — having been treated with the trademarked timber preservative Tanalith
- tardiness — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- theodosia — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “god-given.”.
- therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- thirdsman — an intermediary or arbitrator; the third person
- toad spit — cuckoo spit (sense 1)
- trackside — located next to a railroad track.
- tragedies — a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths.
- trailside — the side or border of a trail.
- trainshed — (in a railroad station) a shelter completely covering railroad tracks and their adjoining platforms.
- transited — the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- tribadism — lesbianism.
- triradius — a Y -shaped group of ridges on the palm of the hand at the base of each finger.
- tulsi das — 1543?–1623, Hindi poet and philosopher.
- unadvised — without advice or counsel; uninformed: a defendant unadvised of her legal rights.
- unpalsied — not affected by paralysis
- unstained — not stained or spotted; unsoiled.
- upanishad — any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
- uplandish — of or relating to the uplands
- upsadaisy — upsy-daisy
- usamodsim — (language) United States Army ModSim compiler. Version 1.0 runs on SPARC/SunOS, Silicon Graphics, MS-DOS. E-mail: Charles Herring <[email protected]>.
- vandalise — to destroy or deface by vandalism: Someone vandalized the museum during the night.
- vandalism — the conduct or spirit characteristic of the Vandals.
- varisized — of several or various sizes: varisized patterns on a fabric.
- varnished — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- vastitude — vastness; immensity: the vastitude of his love for all humankind.
- vedutista — an artist who creates vedutas or cityscapes
- videocast — a television broadcast of the video only.
- vistadome — dome (def 7).
- vocalised — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- waistband — a band encircling the waist, especially as a part of a skirt or pair of trousers.
- wassailed — Simple past tense and past participle of wassail.
- waterside — the margin, bank, or shore of a river, lake, ocean, etc.
- weak side — the side of the offensive line opposite the side with the tight end, thereby the side having the smaller number of players.
- whipsawed — subjected to a double loss, as when an investor has bought a stock at a high price soon before it declines and then, in order to make good the loss, sells it short before it advances.
- widthways — Widthwise The direction of the width of an object or place.