9-letter words containing n, s, d
- androgeus — a son of Minos and Pasiphaë who fell victim to Athenian King Aegeus: in revenge, Minos waged war on the Athenians and forced them to send a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths to the Minotaur every nine years.
- androides — Dated form of android.
- androsace — any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- anecdotes — a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- anecdysis — the period between moults in arthropods
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- anhydrase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of water
- anhydrous — containing no water, esp no water of crystallization
- anisidine — (organic compound) Any of three three isomeric forms of the aromatic amine methoxyaniline; they are toxic, and are used in the synthesis of azo dyes and pharmaceuticals.
- ankylosed — Simple past tense and past participle of ankylose.
- annalised — Simple past tense and past participle of annalise.
- antecedes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antecede.
- antedates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antedate.
- anti-skid — intended to prevent vehicles from skidding
- antidotes — Plural form of antidote.
- antinodes — Plural form of antinode.
- antipodes — People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes.
- anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- arachnids — Plural form of arachnid.
- arcsecond — unit used in astronomy
- arnoldson — Klas Pontus [klahs pawn-tuh s] /klɑs ˈpɔn təs/ (Show IPA), 1844–1916, Swedish author and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1908.
- arsenides — Plural form of arsenide.
- ascendant — proceeding upwards; rising
- ascendent — a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.
- ascenders — Plural form of ascender.
- ascendeur — a metal grip that is threaded on a rope and can be alternately tightened and slackened as an aid to climbing the rope: used attached to slings for the feet and waist
- ascending — If a group of things is arranged in ascending order, each thing is bigger, greater, or more important than the thing before it.
- ascidians — Plural form of ascidian.
- ash blond — a very light blond colour
- ash-blond — pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.
- assonated — Simple past tense and past participle of assonate.
- astounded — If you are astounded by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- aswan dam — a dam on the Nile built in 1902 and twice raised in height; now replaced by the Aswan High Dam
- asyndesis — (psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.
- asyndetic — (of a catalogue or index) without cross references
- asyndeton — the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
- attendees — a person who is present at a specific time or place: a conference with thousands of attendees.
- attenders — Plural form of attender.
- audiences — the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.
- auditions — Plural form of audition.
- auslander — (in a German-speaking country) a foreigner
- backbends — Plural form of backbend.
- backdowns — Plural form of backdown.
- backhands — Plural form of backhand.
- backlands — Plural form of backland.
- bad lands — a deeply eroded barren region of SW South Dakota and NW Nebraska
- badinages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badinage.
- band list — a list of Canadian Indians formally recognized as belonging to a band
- banda sea — a part of the Pacific in Indonesia, between Sulawesi and New Guinea