9-letter words containing r, a, d, s
- hydranths — Plural form of hydranth.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hydraulus — a pipe organ of ancient Greece and Rome using water pressure to maintain the air supply.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hydrosoma — hydrosome.
- hydrostat — an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage.
- ideograms — Plural form of ideogram.
- idiocrasy — idiosyncrasy.
- idiograms — Plural form of idiogram.
- idolaters — Plural form of idolater.
- idolators — Plural form of idolator.
- increased — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- indeavors — Plural form of indeavor.
- inhearsed — Simple past tense and past participle of inhearse.
- instarred — to set with or as if with stars.
- interdash — to intersperse with hasty strokes of a pen or other writing instrument
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- isandrous — having the stamens similar to each other and equal in number to the petals.
- islanders — Plural form of islander.
- jacquards — Plural form of jacquard.
- jailbirds — Plural form of jailbird.
- jeremiads — Plural form of jeremiad.
- junkyards — Plural form of junkyard.
- jusserand — Jean (Adrien Antoine) Jules [zhahn a-dree-ahn ahn-twan zhyl] /ʒɑ̃ a driˈɑ̃ ɑnˈtwan ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, French diplomat, historian, and essayist.
- kaiserdom — The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
- keyboards — Plural form of keyboard.
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- krasnodar — a territory of the Russian Federation in SE Europe. 34,200 sq. mi. (88,578 sq. km).
- kronstadt — a naval base in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on an island in the Gulf of Finland: fortress founded 1710.
- kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- ladybirds — Plural form of ladybird.
- lairdship — the condition of being a laird, or the rank of laird
- landdrost — the chief magistrate of a district
- landforms — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- landlords — Plural form of landlord.
- landmarks — Plural form of landmark.
- landshark — a person who makes inordinate profits by buying and selling land
- landsturm — a general draft of people in time of war.
- landwards — Also, landwards. toward the land or interior.
- lapboards — Plural form of lapboard.
- lardasses — Plural form of lardass.
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
- last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
- laundress — a woman whose work is the washing and ironing of clothes, linens, etc.
- laundries — Plural form of laundry.
- lavenders — Plural form of lavender.
- law lords — (in Britain) members of the House of Lords who sit as the highest court of appeal, although in theory the full House of Lords has this role
- leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.