9-letter words containing s, a, d, o
- compassed — Simple past tense and past participle of compass.
- consarned — confounded; damned.
- cordgrass — a coarse perennial grass of the genus Spartina, characteristically growing in mud or marsh
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- cost card — a summary of costs involved in the production of a product.
- costarred — Simple past tense and past participle of costar.
- cowardise — Obsolete spelling of cowardice.
- cramdowns — Plural form of cramdown.
- crossband — (in furniture) a layer of wood beneath, and with its grain at right angles to, the veneer
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- crossroad — a road that crosses another road
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crusadoes — Plural form of crusado.
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- custodial — Custodial means relating to keeping people in prison.
- custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
- d'amboise — Jacques [French zhahk] /French ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), (Joseph) born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer.
- dacquoise — a cake with nut meringue layers and buttercream
- daffodils — Plural form of daffodil.
- dal segno — (of a piece of music) to be repeated from the point marked with a sign to the word fine
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- daltonism — colour blindness, esp the confusion of red and green
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- darkhorse — Having the character of a dark horse.
- darkrooms — Plural form of darkroom.
- dashboard — The dashboard in a car is the panel facing the driver's seat where most of the instruments and switches are.
- datacomms — the transmission of data along communications systems
- datebooks — Plural form of datebook.
- dawsonite — a mineral that is made up of sodium and aluminium hydrous carbonate and occurs in crystalline form
- de valois — Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)
- deaconess — (in the early church and in some modern Churches) a female member of the laity with duties similar to those of a deacon
- dead loss — a person, thing, or situation that is completely useless or unprofitable
- dead spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- dead-spot — Anatomy. a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones.
- deadhouse — a mortuary
- deadlocks — Plural form of deadlock.
- deadstock — the merchandise or commodities of a shop, etc, that is unsold and generating no income
- deadwoods — Plural form of deadwood.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- deisolate — to remove from isolation.
- del sarto — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- demeanors — Plural form of demeanor.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- demoniacs — Plural form of demoniac.
- denotates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denotate.
- deposable — Capable of being deposed, or deprived of office.
- derogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derogate.