9-letter words containing s, a, d, o, m
- mogadishu — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- mold wash — a coating applied in liquid form to walls of a mold cavity.
- moonwards — towards the moon
- moorlands — Plural form of moorland.
- mooseyard — an area of trodden snow where moose spend the winter
- mopboards — Plural form of mopboard.
- moralised — Simple past tense and past participle of moralise.
- mosaicked — a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- mossadegh — Mohammed, 1880–1967, Iranian statesman: premier 1951–53.
- moundsman — pitcher2 (def 2).
- mouse pad — mouse mat
- muscavado — muscovado.
- muscovado — raw or unrefined sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses.
- myriapods — Plural form of myriapod.
- nematodes — Plural form of nematode.
- novodamus — a clause in a charter whereby a grant (particularly of property) is renewed by a (feudal) superior, esp for the purpose of making a minor alteration to the former grant; the charter itself
- oddsmaker — a person who calculates or predicts the outcome of a contest, as in sports or politics, and sets betting odds.
- olympiads — Plural form of olympiad.
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- quasimodo — Salvatore [sahl-vah-taw-re] /ˌsɑl vɑˈtɔ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1901–68, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1959.
- rascaldom — the domain of rascals, a group of rascals
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- sachemdom — the office of a sachem
- safe mode — (operating system) An alternative way to start Microsoft Windows such that only a minimal set of software components (drivers and background processes) are loaded, making it easier to diagnose problems. Safe mode loads a standard low resolution video driver and does not support connection to the Internet. Windows will sometimes restart in safe mode automatically following a crash. All Windows versions except Windows 3.1 can be started in safe mode, usually by holding the Ctrl or F8 key while the computer is restarting. To start Windows NT in safe mode you need to edit C:\boot.ini. Once the problem is fixed you need to restart Windows normally to load all the installed components.
- salmonoid — resembling a salmon.
- salt dome — a domelike rock structure that is formed beneath the earth's surface by the upward movement of a mass of salt, may reach thousands of feet in vertical extent, and is more or less circular in plan: often associated with oil and gas pools.
- samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- 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.
- seminomad — a person living a partly nomadic life; a semi-nomadic person
- shampooed — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- sigmoidal — shaped like the letter C.
- skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
- smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
- smorzando — fading away; dying out (a musical direction).
- soda lime — a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.
- sound man — a technician who produces sound effects.
- spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
- spodogram — the ash pattern produced by incinerating a plant
- 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
- 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.
- synodsman — a member of a synod
- usamodsim — (language) United States Army ModSim compiler. Version 1.0 runs on SPARC/SunOS, Silicon Graphics, MS-DOS. E-mail: Charles Herring <[email protected]>.