9-letter words containing s, e, a, d, o
- pad stone — a stone template.
- panderous — resembling a pander
- parasoled — having a parasol
- pasodoble — fast modern ballroom dance
- pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
- pelopidas — died 364 b.c, Greek general and statesman of Thebes.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- ponderosa — a North American pine tree
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- postdated — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- radio set — an apparatus that receives radio signals
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- road test — test of vehicle in use
- road user — anyone who uses a road, such as a pedestrian, cyclist or motorist
- 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).
- 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.
- rudaceous — (of conglomerate, breccia, and similar rocks) composed of coarse-grained material
- sachemdom — the office of a sachem
- saddlebow — the arched front part of a saddle or saddletree.
- 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.
- saffroned — containing or coloured by saffron
- 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.
- san diego — a seaport in SW California: naval and marine base.
- 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
- sandstone — a common sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, or clay.
- 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.
- satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- shades of — something reminding one of something (or someone) past
- shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.