9-letter words containing i, d, r, s
- spiderweb — to cover with a spider web or fine lines resembling a spider web.
- spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
- spindrift — spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.
- spiralled — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- sporicide — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- sporidesm — a multicellular group of spores
- sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia
- sporidium — a small spore produced on the basidia or promycelia of fungi, etc
- springald — a youth; young fellow.
- squiredom — the squirearchy.
- stair rod — a rod for holding a stair carpet in place against the bottom of a riser.
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
- stardrift — the very small continuous change in the direction of movement which is shared by the stars within a particular cluster
- steerhide — the hide of a steer.
- stellerid — a starfish belonging to the class Asteroidea and having a star-shaped body
- 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.
- 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.
- stickered — a person or thing that sticks.
- stiltbird — a long-legged wading bird with three toes inhabiting ponds and marshes
- storewide — applying to all the merchandise or all the departments within a store: the annual storewide clearance sale.
- stormbird — any bird of several species of black, white, or grey seabirds belonging to the order Procellariiformes
- stranding — to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
- 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.
- strophoid — a plane curve generated by the loci of points p and pprime; on a straight line that intersects the y-axis at a point n and the minus x-axis at a fixed point q, such that pn = npprime; = on, as on changes, where o is the origin. Equation: y 2 = x 2 (x + a)/(a − x).
- strouding — a woolly material used to make strouds or blankets
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subperiod — a subdivision of a time period
- subtorrid — subtropical (def 2).
- sudorific — causing sweat; diaphoretic.
- sugarbird — any of various honeycreepers that feed on nectar.
- sun-dried — dried in the sun, as bricks or raisins.
- supermind — an exceptional mind
- superwide — a wide-angle camera lens
- surfeited — excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
- surprised — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
- surreined — (of horse) ridden too much
- swineherd — a person who tends swine.
- swordbill — a South American hummingbird, Ensifera ensifera, having a slender bill that is longer than its body.
- swordfish — a large, marine food fish, Xiphias gladius, having the upper jaw elongated into a swordlike structure.
- swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
- syndromic — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- synedrial — relating to a synedrion
- synedrion — an assembly of judges or representatives
- tahsildar — (in India) a collector for, or official of, the revenue department.
- tardiness — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- the-birds — a comedy (414 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- theorised — to form a theory or theories.