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9-letter words containing m, r, a, d

  • numerated — to represent numbers by symbols.
  • nursemaid — Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.
  • oddsmaker — a person who calculates or predicts the outcome of a contest, as in sports or politics, and sets betting odds.
  • on remand — in custody or on bail awaiting trial or completion of one's trial
  • one-armed — having only one arm
  • pachyderm — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
  • panderism — the work of a pander
  • paramedic — Military. a medic in the paratroops.
  • pariahdom — an outcast.
  • pauperdom — the state of being a person who is extremely poor
  • permeated — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
  • placoderm — any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.
  • pompadour — Marquise de (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Étioles) 1721–64, mistress of Louis XV of France.
  • powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
  • preadamic — occurring or existing before Adam
  • preambled — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
  • predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
  • predomain — (theory)   A domain with no bottom element.
  • premiated — to grant a prize or an award to.
  • primordia — the first recognizable, histologically differentiated stage in the development of an organ.
  • prodromal — a premonitory symptom.
  • programed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
  • promenade — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
  • pyramidal — of, relating to, or shaped like a pyramid: the pyramidal form.
  • pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
  • quadruman — a monkey or ape with all four feet specialized for use as hands
  • r & d — R & D refers to the research and development work or department within a large company or organization. R & D is an abbreviation for 'Research and Development.'
  • raddleman — ruddleman.
  • radectomy — excision of part or all of the root of a tooth.
  • radiogram — a combination radio and record player.
  • ram drive — RAM disk
  • ramp down — decrease effort, work
  • ramrodded — a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm.
  • randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
  • rare mode — (operating system)   Unix CBREAK mode (character-by-character with keyboard interrupts enabled). Distinguished from raw mode and cooked mode; the phrase "a sort of half-cooked (rare?) mode" is used in the V7/BSD manuals to describe the mode. Usage: rare.
  • rascaldom — the domain of rascals, a group of rascals
  • ready-mix — a commercial preparation in which the principal ingredients have already been mixed for easy use: a novice cook's reliance on ready-mixes.
  • readymade — readymade.
  • real mode — An operating mode of Intel 80x86 processors. The opposite of protected mode.
  • reamended — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
  • red maids — a fleshy plant, Calandrinia ciliata menziesi, of the purslane family, native to the western U.S., having rose-colored or crimson flowers.
  • red maple — a tree, Acer rubrum, of eastern North America, growing in moist soil and usually having red flowers and leaves that turn bright red in autumn.
  • red roman — a marine food fish, Chrisoblephus laticeps
  • reddleman — ruddleman.
  • redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
  • reed mace — cattail.
  • reformado — (formerly) a disgraced officer who is deprived of his command but still has the same rank and sometimes is still paid
  • remainder — something that remains or is left: the remainder of the day.
  • remanding — to send back, remit, or consign again.
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