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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.
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