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9-letter words containing d, o, r, a, n

  • overlands — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • overstand — overreach (def 13).
  • own brand — Own brands are products which have the trademark or label of the shop which sells them, especially a supermarket chain. They are normally cheaper than other popular brands.
  • paderborn — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in NW Germany.
  • padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
  • pair bond — the exclusive relationship formed between a male and a female, esp in some species of animals and birds during courtship and breeding
  • pair-bond — (of a mating couple) to form and maintain a pair bond.
  • panderous — resembling a pander
  • parodying — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
  • pendragon — either of two kings of ancient Britain. Compare Arthur (def 2), Uther.
  • phonecard — calling card (def 3).
  • polyandry — the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry (def 1).
  • ponderate — deliberate or intentional
  • ponderosa — a North American pine tree
  • porbandar — a seaport in SW Gujarat, in W India.
  • portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
  • powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
  • predation — depredation; plundering.
  • predomain — (theory)   A domain with no bottom element.
  • preordain — to ordain beforehand; foreordain.
  • promenade — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
  • prosodian — a person skilled in prosody
  • pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
  • quadroons — Plural form of quadroon.
  • radiation — Physics. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and absorbed by another body. the energy transferred by these processes.
  • radio van — a van containing equipment for transmitting and receiving radio signals
  • radioiron — the radioactive isotope of iron, with atomic weight 59 and a half-life of 46 days: used chiefly as a tracer in biochemistry.
  • radioland — the aggregate of listeners within the reach of a radio station's transmission.
  • radionics — a dowsing technique using a pendulum to detect the energy fields that are emitted by all forms of matter
  • radiothon — an on-the-air radio campaign, often lasting 24 hours or more, designed to raise money for a radio station, charity, the arts, etc., as from listeners phoning in and pledging specific donations, sometimes in exchange for gifts or premiums.
  • rain hood — a waterproof hood attached to a coat, that may be raised to cover the head when it is raining
  • rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
  • ramp down — decrease effort, work
  • randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
  • raw-boned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
  • read into — If you read a meaning into something, you think it is there although it may not actually be there.
  • read-only — of or relating to files or memory that can be read but cannot normally be changed.
  • red roman — a marine food fish, Chrisoblephus laticeps
  • redaction — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
  • reloading — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
  • rhodamine — a red dye obtained by heating an alkyl aminophenol with phthalic anhydride.
  • rhodanate — a salt of thiocyanic acid
  • rhodanize — to plate with rhodium
  • rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
  • rhoeadine — a chemical compound found in the red poppy which has similar effects to those of opium
  • ring road — motorway around a city
  • road gang — a group of workers employed to repair or build roads.
  • road sign — traffic notice
  • road town — a town on SE Tortola, in the NE West Indies: capital of the British Virgin Islands.
  • rock band — heavy pop music group
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