9-letter words containing d, i, r, t
- sidetrack — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- sit under — to be seated on the right of (the player)
- skittered — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
- slit-drum — a hollowed-out log with a long, narrow slit, beaten with a stick or stamped upon to produce a drumming sound, found in many cultures since ancient times.
- slithered — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- sorediate — having soredia
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- spindrift — spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.
- 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.
- stardrift — the very small continuous change in the direction of movement which is shared by the stars within a particular cluster
- steerhide — the hide of a steer.
- stellerid — a starfish belonging to the class Asteroidea and having a star-shaped body
- 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.
- 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.
- stickered — a person or thing that sticks.
- stiltbird — a long-legged wading bird with three toes inhabiting ponds and marshes
- storewide — applying to all the merchandise or all the departments within a store: the annual storewide clearance sale.
- stormbird — any bird of several species of black, white, or grey seabirds belonging to the order Procellariiformes
- stranding — to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
- streisand — Barbra. born 1942, US singer, actress, and film director: the films she has acted in include Funny Girl (1968) and A Star is Born (1976); her films as actress and director include Yentl (1983), Prince of Tides (1990), and The Mirror has Two Faces (1996)
- stridency — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- strophoid — a plane curve generated by the loci of points p and pprime; on a straight line that intersects the y-axis at a point n and the minus x-axis at a fixed point q, such that pn = npprime; = on, as on changes, where o is the origin. Equation: y 2 = x 2 (x + a)/(a − x).
- strouding — a woolly material used to make strouds or blankets
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subtorrid — subtropical (def 2).
- surfeited — excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
- 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.
- tahsildar — (in India) a collector for, or official of, the revenue department.
- tailboard — the tailgate, especially of a wagon or truck.
- tailender — a person at the tail end, esp (in cricket) the batter or batters last in the batting order
- taligrade — walking on the outer side of the foot.
- tardiness — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- taxidermy — the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- telluride — a binary compound of tellurium with an electropositive element or group.
- tendering — the act of giving, presenting, or offering
- tenderize — to make (meat) tender, as by pounding or by a chemical process or treatment.
- tepidaria — in Ancient Rome, the warm rooms of the baths
- terpenoid — a class of chemical compounds including all terpenes
- terrified — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- tetradite — a person who believes that the number four has supernatural significance
- tetroxide — an oxide whose molecule contains four atoms of oxygen.
- the drink — the sea
- the-birds — a comedy (414 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- theandric — relating to the state of being both divine and human, esp pertaining to Christ
- theodoric — a.d. 454?–526, king of the Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogothic monarchy in Italy: ruler of Italy 493–526.
- theorised — to form a theory or theories.