0%

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.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?