9-letter words containing d, e, a, c
- reductant — a reducing agent which as it is oxidized is capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance
- reductase — any enzyme acting as a reducing agent.
- reed mace — cattail.
- reeducate — to educate again, as for new purposes.
- refracted — to subject to refraction.
- regicidal — the killing of a king.
- ridgeback — Rhodesian ridgeback.
- road race — a race on public roads
- rudaceous — (of conglomerate, breccia, and similar rocks) composed of coarse-grained material
- rudbeckia — any composite plant of the genus Rudbeckia, having alternate leaves and showy flower heads.
- sachemdom — the office of a sachem
- sad-faced — having a face characterized by or expressing sorrow.
- samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- scabicide — Also, scabicidal. destructive to the organisms causing scabies.
- scaldhead — a person's scalp that is diseased with ringworm or another similar affliction
- scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- scalloped — Scalloped objects are decorated with a series of small curves along the edges.
- scamander — ancient name of the river Menderes.
- scampered — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scarehead — a headline in exceptionally large type. Compare screamer (def 4).
- scarsdale — a town in SE New York, N of New York City.
- scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- schedular — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- sciaenoid — belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
- scorecard — a card for keeping score of a sports contest and, especially in team sports, for identifying the players by name, number, and position.
- scrabbled — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- screwhead — the head or top of a screw having a slot for the end of a screwdriver.
- scuddaler — a leader of festivities
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- seed coat — the outer integument of a seed.
- seed-cake — a sweet cake containing aromatic seeds, usually caraway.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- showcased — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- side card — Poker. the highest card in a hand that is not part of a scoring combination, as not being one of a pair, three of a kind, etc., and that serves to determine by its denomination the higher ranking of two otherwise equal hands.
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- sketchpad — sketchbook (def 1).
- slamdance — to hurl oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock concert
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- smackhead — a person who is addicted to heroin
- so-called — called or designated thus: the so-called Southern bloc.
- spaceband — a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words
- spaceward — going into space
- spar deck — the upper deck of a vessel, extending from stem to stern.
- spikedace — a scaleless, mottled, olive-brown fish, Meda fulgida, of the Gila River system in New Mexico and Arizona, having two dorsal spines.
- 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
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- storecard — A storecard is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores.
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- sun dance — a religious ceremony associated with the sun, practiced by North American Indians of the Plains, consisting of dancing attended with various symbolic rites and commonly including self-torture.