9-letter words containing d, s, n
- readiness — the condition of being ready.
- red angus — one of a subpopulation of Aberdeen Angus beef cattle having a reddish coat.
- red shank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- redescend — to descend again
- redescent — the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- reediness — full of reeds: a reedy marsh.
- rescinded — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- resending — to send again.
- residence — the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City.
- residency — residence (def 3).
- residents — a person who resides in a place.
- reskinned — to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of: The space shuttle had to be reskinned before returning to service.
- resounded — to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
- responded — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
- responder — a person or thing that responds.
- restained — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- resuspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- rethondes — a village in N France near Compiègne: armistice ending World War I signed here 1918.
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rhodopsin — a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- rigidness — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- ringsider — a spectator at or near ringside, as of a boxing match or a nightclub performance.
- ringstand — a stand on which laboratory equipment is placed
- road sign — traffic notice
- rodzinski — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1958, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- rosinweed — any coarse, North American, composite plant of the genus Silphium, having a resinous juice and stalkless, paired leaves.
- roundness — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- rowdiness — a rough, disorderly person.
- ruddiness — of or having a fresh, healthy red color: a ruddy complexion.
- rudiments — When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
- rundstedt — Karl Rudolf Gerd von [kahrl roo-dawlf gerd fuh n] /kɑrl ˈru dɔlf gɛrd fən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1953, German field marshal.
- saddening — causing someone to become sad
- saffroned — containing or coloured by saffron
- sainthood — the character or status of a saint.
- salinized — to treat with salt or render saline.
- salmonoid — resembling a salmon.
- samarinda — a city on E Borneo, in Indonesia.
- samarkand — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- san diego — a seaport in SW California: naval and marine base.
- san dimas — a city in SW California.
- sand crab — any of several crabs that live on sandy beaches, as the ghost crab or mole crab.
- sand dune — hill of sand created by wind
- sand flea — beach flea.
- sand goby — a species of goby, (Pomatoschistus minutus), that lives in European sandy waters
- sand jack — any of a number of containers of sand driven beneath a hull about to be launched as a temporary support and then drained of sand so as to let the hull down onto the launching cradle.
- sand leek — a Eurasian alliaceous plant, Allium scorodoprasum, having reddish-pink flowers, purple bulbils, and a garlic-like bulb