9-letter words containing d, i, c, t, a
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bandicoot — any agile terrestrial marsupial of the family Peramelidae of Australia and New Guinea. They have a long pointed muzzle and a long tail and feed mainly on small invertebrates
- bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- bicaudate — having two tails or taillike appendages.
- birdwatch — to watch birds
- bit decay — bit rot
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- callidity — cunning or slyness
- candidate — A candidate is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job.
- candlelit — A candlelit room or table is lit by the light of candles.
- cantharid — any beetle of the family Cantharidae, having a soft elongated body; though found frequenting flowers, they are carnivorous
- capitated — having a fixed upper limit
- captained — Simple past tense and past participle of captain.
- captioned — Simple past tense and past participle of caption.
- carinated — Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
- cartridge — A cartridge is a metal or cardboard tube containing a bullet and an explosive substance. Cartridges are used in guns.
- caryatids — Plural form of caryatid.
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- cathartid — (zoology) Any member of the Cathartidae.
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cavitands — Plural form of cavitand.
- cavitated — Simple past tense and past participle of cavitate.
- chastised — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- chastized — Simple past tense and past participle of chastize.
- chromatid — either of the two strands into which a chromosome divides during mitosis. They separate to form daughter chromosomes at anaphase
- ci-devant — (esp of an office-holder) former; recent
- citigrade — relating to (fast-moving) wolf spiders
- cladistic — relating to the classification of species based on evolutionary ancestry
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- cogitated — Simple past tense and past participle of cogitate.
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- comatulid — any of a group of crinoid echinoderms, including the feather stars, in which the adults are free-swimming
- confidant — Someone's confidant is a man who they are able to discuss their private problems with.
- contadina — (in Italy) a female farmer or peasant
- contadino — (in Italy) a male farmer or peasant
- contained — kept from going beyond certain limits; confined
- cortadito — an espresso topped with an approximately equal amount of steamed milk.
- crispated — Crispate.
- cryptadia — a collection of things to be kept hidden
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- cuspidate — having a cusp or cusps
- custodial — Custodial means relating to keeping people in prison.
- custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- cytocidal — capable of killing cells.
- dacoitage — (in India and Myanmar) a robbery by an armed gang or dacoit
- dactylics — Plural form of dactylic.
- dactylist — someone who writes poetry in dactyls