9-letter words containing d, o, a, t
- read into — If you read a meaning into something, you think it is there although it may not actually be there.
- redaction — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- rhodanate — a salt of thiocyanic acid
- road test — test of vehicle in use
- road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
- road trip — journey in a car, bus, etc.
- road-test — to test (an automotive vehicle) under normal operating conditions on the road, as by a potential purchaser.
- roadcraft — the skills and knowledge used to drive road vehicles
- roadstead — road (def 4).
- rotterdam — a seaport in SW Netherlands.
- rotundate — rounded
- sainthood — the character or status of a saint.
- 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.
- sandspout — the sand sucked into the air by a whirlwind
- sandstone — a common sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, or clay.
- sandstorm — a windstorm, especially in a desert, that blows along great clouds of sand (distinguished from dust storm).
- saponated — treated or combined with soap
- satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- seed coat — the outer integument of a seed.
- short-day — requiring a short photoperiod.
- shorthand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- soft-land — to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
- softboard — a soft, porous particle board.
- sorediate — having soredia
- southland — a southern area.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- speedboat — a motorboat designed for high speeds.
- spot card — spot (def 10b).
- staghound — a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.
- stair rod — a rod for holding a stair carpet in place against the bottom of a riser.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- staminody — the metamorphosis of any of various flower organs, as a sepal or a petal, into a stamen.
- staminoid — like a stamen
- stand for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stand off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- stand out — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- stand-off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- stand-out — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- standdown — the action of ending military activities or active duty temporarily, or a period or condition of being temporarily relieved from active duty
- standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
- starboard — the right-hand side of or direction from a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.
- stasidion — a choir stall in an Orthodox church.
- statehood — the status or condition of being a state, especially a state of the U.S.
- stationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- 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.