9-letter words containing i, n, d, s
- sideliner — a person who is on the sidelines and does not participate in an activity or situation.
- sidelines — a line at the side of something.
- sidi ifni — a seaport in W Morocco: former capital of Ifni.
- sidlingly — in the manner of a sidle
- sieglinde — (in the Nibelungenlied) the wife of Sigmund and mother of Siegfried.
- sigismund — 1368–1437, Holy Roman emperor 1411–37.
- signalled — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- signboard — a board bearing a sign.
- signified — the thing or concept denoted by a sign.
- simonides — 556?–468? b.c, Greek poet.
- singledom — the state of being unmarried or not involved in a long-term relationship
- sinicised — to make Chinese in character or bring under Chinese influence.
- sink tidy — a container with holes in the bottom, kept in the sink to retain rubbish that might clog the plug hole
- sit under — to be seated on the right of (the player)
- skin deep — superficial or slight; not profound or substantial: Their sincerity is only skin-deep.
- skin food — a cosmetic cream for keeping the skin in good condition
- skin-deep — superficial or slight; not profound or substantial: Their sincerity is only skin-deep.
- skin-dive — to engage in skin diving.
- skunkbird — a North American songbird with a black-and-white striped back, also known as a bobolink
- skydiving — the sport of jumping from an airplane at a moderate or high altitude and free-falling and using one's body to control direction or movements before opening one's parachute.
- slidingly — in a smooth, sliding manner
- slim down — slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
- slinkweed — a plant believed to make a cow give birth prematurely
- snakebird — anhinga.
- snickered — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- snowed in — If you are snowed in, you cannot go anywhere because of heavy snow.
- snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
- snowslide — an avalanche consisting largely or entirely of snow.
- socked in — to strike or hit hard.
- soldering — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- solidness — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- song-bird — a bird that sings.
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- soundings — measurements of atmospheric conditions, as made using a radiosonde or rocketsonde
- spadassin — a swordsman
- spellbind — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- spiderman — a person who erects the steel structure of a building
- spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
- spindling — spindle side.
- spindrift — spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.
- split end — an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
- spondulix — money; cash.
- springald — a youth; young fellow.
- squinched — to contort (the features) or squint.
- st. denis — Saint, died a.d. c280, 1st bishop of Paris: patron saint of France.
- staidness — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- staminode — a sterile or abortive stamen.
- staminody — the metamorphosis of any of various flower organs, as a sepal or a petal, into a stamen.