9-letter words containing s, e, n, d, a
- friesland — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- fundraise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- ganderism — foolish behaviour
- gardeners — Plural form of gardener.
- gardenias — Plural form of gardenia.
- garnished — Simple past tense and past participle of garnish.
- gasconade — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- gaudiness — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
- gendarmes — Plural form of gendarme.
- gesneriad — any of various, chiefly tropical plants of the gesneria family.
- gladstone — William Ewart [yoo-ert] /ˈyu ərt/ (Show IPA), 1809–98, British statesman: prime minister four times between 1868 and 1894.
- glandless — Without glands.
- glandules — Plural form of glandule.
- goosander — a common merganser, Mergus merganser, of Eurasia and North America.
- gradients — Plural form of gradient.
- grandeurs — the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandness — impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
- grandsire — a grandfather.
- gravesend — a seaport in NW Kent, in SE England, on the Thames River: incorporated into Gravesham 1974.
- greensand — a sandstone containing much glauconite, which gives it a greenish hue.
- guardsmen — Plural form of guardsman.
- guidances — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
- haciendas — Plural form of hacienda.
- hand lens — a magnifying glass designed to be held in the hand.
- hand-sewn — sewn by hand.
- handbells — Plural form of handbell.
- handhelds — Plural form of handheld.
- handiness — within easy reach; conveniently available; accessible: The aspirins are handy.
- handovers — Plural form of handover.
- handpress — a printing press that is manipulated by hand
- handseled — Simple past tense and past participle of handsel.
- handsfree — not requiring the use of the hands: handsfree telephone dialing by voice commands.
- handshake — handshaking
- handshape — (in sign language) the held position of the hand and fingers in producing a particular sign.
- handsomer — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- handsomes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsome.
- handspike — a bar used as a lever.
- hard lens — a contact lens of rigid plastic or silicon, exerting light pressure on the cornea of the eye, used for correcting various vision problems including astigmatism.
- hard news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
- hard-nose — a person who is tough, practical, and unsentimental, especially in business: We need a hard-nose to run the department.
- hardeners — Plural form of hardener.
- hardiness — the capacity for enduring or sustaining hardship, privation, etc.; capability of surviving under unfavorable conditions.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- hardnosed — Describing a person who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
- hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
- harnessed — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harshened — Simple past tense and past participle of harshen.
- headbands — Plural form of headband.
- headiness — intoxicating: a heady wine.