9-letter words containing l, a, d, e
- andouille — a spicy smoked pork sausage with a blackish skin
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- anecdotal — Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid.
- aneuploid — (of polyploid cells or organisms) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number, caused by one chromosome set being incomplete
- angel bed — French Furniture. a bed having a suspended or bracketed canopy of less than full length. Compare duchesse bed.
- angelhood — the state of being an angel
- anglified — (sometimes lowercase) to Anglicize.
- angulated — Simple past tense and past participle of angulate.
- ankylosed — Simple past tense and past participle of ankylose.
- annalised — Simple past tense and past participle of annalise.
- annandale — suburb of Washington, D.C., in NE Va.: pop. 55,000
- annelidan — Of or pertaining to the annelids.
- annoyedly — With annoyance.
- annulated — Having rings.
- antipedal — (in a mollusk) located opposite the foot.
- apeldoorn — a town in the Netherlands, in central Gelderland province: nearby is the summer residence of the Dutch royal family. Pop: 156 000 (2003 est)
- appareled — Simple past tense and past participle of apparel.
- applauded — Simple past tense and past participle of applaud.
- applauder — One who applauds.
- appleseed — Johnny(name for John Chapman) 1774-1845; U.S. frontiersman who planted apple trees throughout the Midwest
- applewood — The timber of the apple tree, used in carpentry and to smoke food.
- appliqued — Appliqued shapes or fabric are formed from pieces of fabric which are stitched on to clothes or larger pieces of cloth.
- apsidiole — a secondary, or small, apse
- aquiclude — any geological formation that absorbs and holds water but does not transmit it at a sufficient rate to supply springs, wells, etc.
- areolated — marked by areolae
- arillated — (of seeds) having an aril
- arseholed — very drunk
- artevelde — Jacob van1290?-1345; Fl. statesman
- asclepiad — a plant that belongs to the class Asclepiadaceae
- ashamedly — feeling shame; distressed or embarrassed by feelings of guilt, foolishness, or disgrace: He felt ashamed for having spoken so cruelly.
- asmoulder — in a smouldering or slowly burning manner
- asphalted — Simple past tense and past participle of asphalt.
- asphodels — Plural form of asphodel.
- assaulted — a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
- assembled — noting an artificial gem formed of two or more parts, as a doublet or triplet, at least one of which is a true gemstone.
- assumedly — in a presumed manner
- assuredly — If something is assuredly true, it is definitely true.
- astraddle — with a leg on either side of something
- auditable — able to be audited
- auslander — (in a German-speaking country) a foreigner
- auto idle — (processor) A facility provided by some Intel clock doubled microprocessors where the internal clock can be slowed to the external clock rate while the processor is waiting for data from memory, returning to full speed as soon as the data arrives. See also System Management Mode.
- autolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of autolyse.
- avertedly — in an averted or offended manner
- avoidable — Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening.
- awardable — Capable of being awarded.
- aydelotte — Frank, 1880–1956, U.S. educator.
- babelized — reduced to complete confusion or meaninglessness.
- backfield — the area behind the line of scrimmage from which the backfield begin each play
- backpedal — to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
- backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc