9-letter words containing d, o, a, l
- pyridoxal — a naturally occurring derivative of pyridoxine that is a precursor of a coenzyme (pyridoxal phosphate) involved in several enzymic reactions. Formula: (CH2OH)(CHO)C5HN(OH)(CH3)
- quinoidal — of or resembling quinone.
- radiogold — a radioactive isotope of gold, used in the medical treatment of certain conditions
- radioland — the aggregate of listeners within the reach of a radio station's transmission.
- radiology — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
- rascaldom — the domain of rascals, a group of rascals
- read-only — of or relating to files or memory that can be read but cannot normally be changed.
- real mode — An operating mode of Intel 80x86 processors. The opposite of protected mode.
- realaudio — (tool, communications) A program from Real Media for playing audio over the Internet, and the lossy audio compression format it uses. The system is implemented as a client/server architecture. The RealAudio server incorporates an encoder which compresses sound into RealAudio files. The client side is a web browser plug-in or add-on (a recent version of Internet Explorer apparently has built-in support for RealAudio) which allows the stream of data sent from the server to be uncompressed and output using the normal sound facilities of the computer, such as a sound card. A 14.4 KBps or better modem is required, and a 28.8 KBps connection is recommended for music-quality sound.
- red coral — any of several alcyonarian corals of the genus Corallium, as C. nobile, of the Mediterranean Sea, having a red or pink skeleton, used for jewelry.
- reloading — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- remoulade — a cold sauce made with mayonnaise and various condiments and herbs, as chopped pickles, capers, mustard, parsley, chervil, and tarragon.
- rhabdomal — of or relating to rhabdoms
- road kill — Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.
- roadblock — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- romeldale — a breed of sheep characterized by high-quality and multicoloured fleece
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- roundball — basketball
- roundelay — a song in which a phrase, line, or the like, is continually repeated.
- saddlebow — the arched front part of a saddle or saddletree.
- sailboard — a long board, usually of Plexiglas, used for windsurfing, having a mount for a sail, a daggerboard, and a small skeg.
- salad oil — an oil used in salad dressing, especially olive oil or a vegetable oil, as from sesame, corn, or safflower.
- salmonoid — resembling a salmon.
- salt dome — a domelike rock structure that is formed beneath the earth's surface by the upward movement of a mass of salt, may reach thousands of feet in vertical extent, and is more or less circular in plan: often associated with oil and gas pools.
- salty dog — a cocktail of gin or vodka and grapefruit juice, traditionally served in a salt-rimmed glass.
- sapodilla — a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Compare sapodilla family.
- satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
- 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.
- schoolday — a day for going to school
- sfd-algol — System Function Description-ALGOL. Extension of ALGOL for synchronous systems. Sammet 1969, p.625.
- shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
- sigmoidal — shaped like the letter C.
- silk road — ancient trade route extending from China to the Mediterranean
- slag down — to give a verbal lashing to
- slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
- snow-clad — covered with snow.
- snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
- so-called — called or designated thus: the so-called Southern bloc.
- sod's law — (humour) Murphy's Law.
- soda lake — a salt lake that has a high content of sodium salts, esp chlorides and sulphates
- soda lime — a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.
- soft-land — to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
- solar day — Astronomy. the time interval between two successive transits by the sun of the meridian directly opposite that of the observer; the 24-hour interval from one midnight to the following midnight.
- sound law — phonetic law.
- southland — a southern area.
- sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- 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.