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9-letter words containing c, o, n, d

  • macrodont — the condition of having abnormally large teeth.
  • mendocino — Cape, a cape in NW California: the westernmost point in California.
  • meniscoid — a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
  • microdont — abnormally small teeth.
  • mimencode — (Originally distributed as "mmencode"). A replacement for uuencode for use in electronic mail and news. Part of MIME. uuencode uses characters that don"t translate well across all mail gateways (particularly those which convert between ASCII and EBCDIC). Also, different variants of uuencode encode data in different and incompatible ways, with no standard. Finally, few uuencode variants work well in a pipe. Mimencode implements the encodings which were defined for MIME as uuencode replacements, and should be considerably more robust for e-mail use. Written by Nathaniel S. Borenstein of Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore) in 1991.
  • monacidic — having one replaceable hydrogen atom or hydroxyl radical.
  • monadnock — Physical Geography. a residual hill or mountain standing well above the surface of a surrounding peneplain.
  • monochord — an acoustical instrument dating from antiquity, consisting of an oblong wooden sounding box, usually with a single string, used for the mathematical determination of musical intervals.
  • monodical — Pertaining to monody.
  • monorchid — having or appearing to have only one testis.
  • moonchild — a person born under the zodiacal sign of Cancer.
  • moonfaced — Alternative spelling of moon-faced.
  • mordicant — Biting; acrid.
  • neck cord — lash1 (def 7).
  • neckdowns — Plural form of neckdown.
  • neckmould — (architecture) A small convex moulding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital.
  • nicodemus — a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who became a secret follower of Jesus. John 3:1–21; 7:50–52; 19:39.
  • nicomedia — an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, at the head of the Gulf of Astacus, in present-day Turkey: modern Izmit is on its site.
  • no can do — (a negative used to express dissent, denial, or refusal, as in response to a question or request)
  • non-vedic — of or relating to the Veda or Vedas.
  • nonaddict — a person who is not an addict
  • noncoding — (of a section of a nucleic acid molecule) not directing the production of a peptide sequence.
  • noncredit — (of academic courses) carrying or conferring no official academic credit in a particular program or toward a particular degree or diploma.
  • nondancer — a person who does not dance
  • nondirect — Not direct.
  • nondoctor — a person who is not a medical doctor
  • nonplaced — Not assigned a place.
  • nonsacred — Not sacred.
  • notecards — An ambitious hypertext system developed at Xerox PARC, "designed to support the task of transforming a chaotic collection of unrelated thoughts into an integrated, orderly interpretation of ideas and their interconnections".
  • notochord — a rodlike cord of cells that forms the chief axial supporting structure of the body of the lower chordates, as amphioxus and the cyclostomes, and of the embryos of the vertebrates.
  • nucleoids — Plural form of nucleoid.
  • obduction — (obsolete) The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.
  • obedience — the state or quality of being obedient.
  • occluding — Present participle of occlude.
  • ocean bed — the bottom of the ocean
  • oceanside — a city in SW California.
  • oceanward — Toward the ocean.
  • old indic — the group of Indo-European languages of ancient India including early and classical Sanskrit, as well as Pali and the earliest vernaculars (Prakrits)
  • old ionic — epic (def 11).
  • on credit — with payment to be made at a future date
  • on record — making or affording a record.
  • on-record — intended for publication, especially as news: an on-record comment.
  • ordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
  • oxycodone — an opioid analgesic, C 18 H 21 NO 4 , used to treat moderate to severe pain.
  • pedogenic — the process of soil formation.
  • phonecard — calling card (def 3).
  • poi dance — a women's formation dance that involves singing and manipulating a poi
  • pond scum — any free-floating freshwater alga that forms a green scum on water.
  • poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
  • princedom — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
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