9-letter words containing s, a, d, o
- 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.
- salty dog — a cocktail of gin or vodka and grapefruit juice, traditionally served in a salt-rimmed glass.
- samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- san diego — a seaport in SW California: naval and marine base.
- sand goby — a species of goby, (Pomatoschistus minutus), that lives in European sandy waters
- sand shoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- sanderson — Tessa. born 1956, British javelin-thrower: won gold at the 1984 Olympics
- sandshoes — light canvas shoes with rubber soles; plimsolls
- sandspout — the sand sucked into the air by a whirlwind
- sandstone — a common sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, or clay.
- sandstorm — a windstorm, especially in a desert, that blows along great clouds of sand (distinguished from dust storm).
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sapanwood — a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
- sapodilla — a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Compare sapodilla family.
- saponated — treated or combined with soap
- sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sardonian — a person who flatters with harmful or deadly intent
- sarvodaya — (in India) economic and social development and improvement of a community as a whole
- sash cord — a cord for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- sassywood — (in Liberia) a trial by ordeal, such as being forced to drink poison
- satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- sawed-off — sawed off at the end, as a shotgun or broomstick.
- scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- scalloped — Scalloped objects are decorated with a series of small curves along the edges.
- scaphopod — any mollusk of the class Scaphopoda, comprising the tooth shells.
- scaraboid — of, relating to, or resembling a scarabaeid
- schoolday — a day for going to school
- sciaenoid — belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
- scorecard — a card for keeping score of a sports contest and, especially in team sports, for identifying the players by name, number, and position.
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- seed coat — the outer integument of a seed.
- seminomad — a person living a partly nomadic life; a semi-nomadic person
- senna pod — a pod of any of various tropical plants of the leguminous genus Cassia, used in making laxatives
- serranoid — resembling or related to the sea bass family Serranidae.
- sfd-algol — System Function Description-ALGOL. Extension of ALGOL for synchronous systems. Sammet 1969, p.625.
- sforzando — to be played with strong initial attack
- shades of — something reminding one of something (or someone) past
- shadowbox — to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure.
- shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
- shadowing — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shampooed — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- shopboard — a shop counter or work bench
- shoreward — Also, shorewards. toward the shore or land.
- short-day — requiring a short photoperiod.
- shorthand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).