9-letter words containing d, a, r, t
- santander — Francisco de Paula [frahn-sees-kaw th e pou-lah] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ ˈpaʊ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1840, South American soldier and statesman: president of New Granada 1832–37.
- satirized — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- saturated — saturated.
- saturdays — on Saturdays: Saturdays we go to the movies.
- saturniid — any of several large, brightly colored moths of the family Saturniidae, comprising the giant silkworm moths.
- sauntered — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
- scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- seastrand — seashore.
- sedentary — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
- seed tray — a tray that once filled with soil or compost is used for planting seeds in
- seedeater — any of numerous small, tropical American finches, especially of the genus Sporophila.
- separated — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- shattered — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- short-day — requiring a short photoperiod.
- shorthand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- smartweed — any of several weeds of the genus Polygonum, having a smarting, acrid juice.
- smattered — to speak (a language, words, etc.) with superficial knowledge or understanding.
- softboard — a soft, porous particle board.
- sorediate — having soredia
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- spattered — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- spot card — spot (def 10b).
- spreathed — sore; chapped
- staggered — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- 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.
- stampeder — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- stand for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- standards — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
- standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
- starboard — the right-hand side of or direction from a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.
- stardrift — the very small continuous change in the direction of movement which is shared by the stars within a particular cluster
- statfarad — the electrostatic unit of capacitance, equivalent to 1.1126 × 10 −12 farad and equal to the capacitance of a condenser in which one statcoulomb is transferred from one conductor of the condenser to the other per volt of potential difference between the conductors.
- steelyard — a portable balance with two unequal arms, the longer one having a movable counterpoise and the shorter one bearing a hook or the like for holding the object to be weighed.
- 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.
- sternward — toward the stern; astern.
- 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.
- stewarded — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stewardry — the office or position of a steward or overseer
- stockyard — an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses.
- storecard — A storecard is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores.
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- straddler — to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride.
- stradella — Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1645?–82? Italian composer.
- strafford — 1st Earl of (Thomas Wentworth) 1593–1641, English statesman: chief adviser of Charles I of England.
- stralsund — a seaport in NE Germany: a member of the medieval Hanseatic League; besieged by Wallenstein 1628.