9-letter words containing n, a, s, d
- shorthand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shrubland — land covered by shrubs
- side band — the band of frequencies at the sides of the carrier frequency of a modulated signal.
- 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.
- sjaelland — Zealand.
- skean dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skean-dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- slag down — to give a verbal lashing to
- slam dunk — basketball: score from above rim
- slam-dunk — Basketball. to dunk (the ball) with great force.
- slamdance — to hurl oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock concert
- slanderer — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
- smorzando — fading away; dying out (a musical direction).
- snakebird — anhinga.
- snakehead — checkered lily.
- snakeweed — bistort (def 1).
- snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
- sneakered — wearing sneakers
- snodgrass — W(illiam) D(ewitt) [duh-wit] /dəˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1926–2009, U.S. poet.
- snow-clad — covered with snow.
- snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
- snowboard — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
- so-and-so — someone or something not definitely named: to gossip about so-and-so.
- soft-land — to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
- sound law — phonetic law.
- sound man — a technician who produces sound effects.
- soundcard — A soundcard is a piece of equipment which can be put into a computer so that the computer can produce music or other sounds.
- southland — a southern area.
- spaceband — a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words
- spadassin — a swordsman
- spendable — available for spending.
- 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.
- springald — a youth; young fellow.
- squadrone — a former Scottish political party, active in the last parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union, in the early 18th century
- squadsman — a member of a squad or team.
- stagehand — a person who moves properties, regulates lighting, etc., in a theatrical production.
- staghound — a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.
- stagnated — to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
- 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.
- staminoid — like a stamen
- stand for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stand off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.