9-letter words containing r, a, d, s
- reductase — any enzyme acting as a reducing agent.
- resampled — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- residuals — payment made to an actor, actress, musician, etc, for subsequent use of film in which the person appears
- residuary — entitled to the residue of an estate: a residuary legatee.
- ressaldar — a middle-ranking officer in a cavalry regiment of the Indian army
- restained — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- rigsdaler — a former silver coin of Denmark, equal to 16 skillings; rix-dollar.
- ringstand — a stand on which laboratory equipment is placed
- road rash — grazing of the skin as a result of falling off a bicycle, skateboard, etc, onto a hard surface
- road show — touring performance or display
- road sign — traffic notice
- road test — test of vehicle in use
- road user — anyone who uses a road, such as a pedestrian, cyclist or motorist
- road-show — of or relating to road shows.
- road-test — to test (an automotive vehicle) under normal operating conditions on the road, as by a potential purchaser.
- roadhouse — an inn, dance hall, tavern, nightclub, etc., located on a highway, usually beyond city limits.
- roadstead — road (def 4).
- roadworks — work, as construction or repairs, done on a road.
- rodgersia — a type of flowering plant which grows in shady and moist conditions
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- rudaceous — (of conglomerate, breccia, and similar rocks) composed of coarse-grained material
- safeguard — something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- saffroned — containing or coloured by saffron
- safid rud — a river flowing from NW Iran into the Caspian Sea. 450 miles (725 km) long.
- sailboard — a long board, usually of Plexiglas, used for windsurfing, having a mount for a sail, a daggerboard, and a small skeg.
- salad bar — an assortment of salad ingredients, condiments, and dressings displayed on a serving table or counter, as at a restaurant, so that one can choose and combine ingredients freely.
- samarinda — a city on E Borneo, in Indonesia.
- samarkand — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- sand crab — any of several crabs that live on sandy beaches, as the ghost crab or mole crab.
- sand pear — Asian pear.
- sand trap — (on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.
- sand-trap — (on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.
- sandcrack — a perpendicular fissure in some part of the wall of an animal's hoof, esp. of a horse, often caused by sandy soil
- sanderson — Tessa. born 1956, British javelin-thrower: won gold at the 1984 Olympics
- sandhurst — a village in S England, near Reading, W of London: military college.
- sandpaper — strong paper coated with a layer of sand or other abrasive, used for smoothing or polishing.
- sandpiper — any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.
- sandstorm — a windstorm, especially in a desert, that blows along great clouds of sand (distinguished from dust storm).
- sandy ray — a species of ray, Leucoraja circularis, of the family Rajidae
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sanhedrim — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- santander — Francisco de Paula [frahn-sees-kaw th e pou-lah] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ ˈpaʊ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1840, South American soldier and statesman: president of New Granada 1832–37.
- sapphired — blue-coloured
- sarabande — a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.