9-letter words containing r, a, d, o, m
- normandie — a former province of N France, on the English Channel: settled by Vikings under Rollo in the 10th century; scene of the Allied landings in 1944. Chief town: Rouen
- 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
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- pariahdom — an outcast.
- pauperdom — the state of being a person who is extremely poor
- 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.
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- 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.
- pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
- radectomy — excision of part or all of the root of a tooth.
- radiogram — a combination radio and record player.
- 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
- real mode — An operating mode of Intel 80x86 processors. The opposite of protected mode.
- red roman — a marine food fish, Chrisoblephus laticeps
- reformado — (formerly) a disgraced officer who is deprived of his command but still has the same rank and sometimes is still paid
- remoulade — a cold sauce made with mayonnaise and various condiments and herbs, as chopped pickles, capers, mustard, parsley, chervil, and tarragon.
- rhabdomal — of or relating to rhabdoms
- rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
- rhodamine — a red dye obtained by heating an alkyl aminophenol with phthalic anhydride.
- road hump — speed bump that slows traffic
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- romeldale — a breed of sheep characterized by high-quality and multicoloured fleece
- rood beam — a beam above the entrance to the choir or chancel of a church, supporting the rood.
- rotterdam — a seaport in SW Netherlands.
- round-arm — denoting or using bowling with the arm held more or less horizontal
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- sandstorm — a windstorm, especially in a desert, that blows along great clouds of sand (distinguished from dust storm).
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
- smorzando — fading away; dying out (a musical direction).
- spodogram — the ash pattern produced by incinerating a plant
- sword arm — the arm in which your sword is normally held
- swordsman — a person who uses or is skilled in the use of a sword.
- thralldom — the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
- trematoda — the class comprising the trematodes.
- trematode — any parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Trematoda, having one or more external suckers; fluke.
- trematoid — relating to a trematode
- videogram — an audiovisual recording, as on a videotape or DVD
- wardmotes — Plural form of wardmote.