9-letter words containing d, i, s, n, e
- shielding — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shredding — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- side band — the band of frequencies at the sides of the carrier frequency of a modulated signal.
- side tone — sound diverted from a telephone microphone to the earpiece so that a speaker hears his own voice at the same level and position as that of the respondent
- sideburns — If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.
- sideliner — a person who is on the sidelines and does not participate in an activity or situation.
- sidelines — a line at the side of something.
- sieglinde — (in the Nibelungenlied) the wife of Sigmund and mother of Siegfried.
- signalled — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- signified — the thing or concept denoted by a sign.
- simonides — 556?–468? b.c, Greek poet.
- singledom — the state of being unmarried or not involved in a long-term relationship
- sinicised — to make Chinese in character or bring under Chinese influence.
- sit under — to be seated on the right of (the player)
- skin deep — superficial or slight; not profound or substantial: Their sincerity is only skin-deep.
- skin-deep — superficial or slight; not profound or substantial: Their sincerity is only skin-deep.
- skin-dive — to engage in skin diving.
- slinkweed — a plant believed to make a cow give birth prematurely
- snakebird — anhinga.
- snickered — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- snowed in — If you are snowed in, you cannot go anywhere because of heavy snow.
- snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
- snowslide — an avalanche consisting largely or entirely of snow.
- socked in — to strike or hit hard.
- soldering — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- solidness — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- spellbind — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- spiderman — a person who erects the steel structure of a building
- spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
- split end — an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
- squinched — to contort (the features) or squint.
- st. denis — Saint, died a.d. c280, 1st bishop of Paris: patron saint of France.
- staidness — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- standpipe — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- stationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stavudine — an antiviral drug used to treat HIV infections
- 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.
- stiffened — to make stiff.
- stinkweed — any of various rank-smelling plants, as the jimson weed.
- stintedly — in a stinted, scant, or limited manner
- 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.
- subinfeud — a grant by a feudal tenant of land to a further tenant
- sun index — a measurement of how strong the sun is
- sun-dried — dried in the sun, as bricks or raisins.
- supermind — an exceptional mind
- surreined — (of horse) ridden too much