9-letter words containing s, a, n, o, d
- satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
- scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- 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.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- 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.
- sforzando — to be played with strong initial attack
- 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.
- shorthand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- signboard — a board bearing a sign.
- slag down — to give a verbal lashing to
- slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- smackdown — a severe rebuke or criticism: his amazing smackdown of the protesters.
- smorzando — fading away; dying out (a musical direction).
- snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
- snodgrass — W(illiam) D(ewitt) [duh-wit] /dəˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1926–2009, U.S. poet.
- snow-clad — covered with snow.
- snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
- snowboard — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
- so-and-so — someone or something not definitely named: to gossip about so-and-so.
- soft-land — to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
- sound law — phonetic law.
- sound man — a technician who produces sound effects.
- soundcard — A soundcard is a piece of equipment which can be put into a computer so that the computer can produce music or other sounds.
- southland — a southern area.
- squadrone — a former Scottish political party, active in the last parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union, in the early 18th century
- staghound — a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.
- 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
- stand for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stand off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- stand out — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- stand-off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- stand-out — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- standdown — the action of ending military activities or active duty temporarily, or a period or condition of being temporarily relieved from active duty
- standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
- stasidion — a choir stall in an Orthodox church.
- stationed — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- swansdown — the down or under plumage of a swan, used for trimming, powder puffs, etc.
- swordsman — a person who uses or is skilled in the use of a sword.
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- synodsman — a member of a synod
- thousands — a cardinal number, 10 times 100.