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9-letter words containing s, i, d

  • advisedly — If you say that you are using a word or expression advisedly, you mean that you have deliberately chosen to use it, even though it may sound unusual, wrong, or offensive, because it draws attention to what you are saying.
  • aforesaid — Aforesaid means the same as aforementioned.
  • agnus dei — the figure of a lamb bearing a cross or banner, emblematic of Christ
  • aids test — a blood test that detects whether the blood sample contains antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and thus whether a person has or is likely to develop AIDS
  • airdromes — Plural form of airdrome.
  • airfields — Plural form of airfield.
  • airy disc — the bright central part of the diffraction pattern of light from a point source that is diffracted by a circular aperture.
  • alcimedes — the mother of Jason.
  • algicides — Plural form of algicide.
  • algidness — the state or quality of being algid
  • alkaloids — Plural form of alkaloid.
  • alkoxides — Plural form of alkoxide.
  • alongside — If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.
  • altitudes — Plural form of altitude.
  • ambleside — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: a tourist centre for the Lake District. Pop: 3064 (2001)
  • amidships — Amidships means halfway along the length of a ship.
  • ammonoids — Plural form of ammonoid.
  • amnestied — a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
  • amortised — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
  • amphipods — Plural form of amphipod.
  • andalusia — a region of S Spain, on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, with the Sierra Morena in the north, the Sierra Nevada in the southeast, and the Guadalquivir River flowing over fertile lands between them; a centre of Moorish civilization; it became an autonomous region in 1981. Area: about 87 280 sq km (33 700 sq miles)
  • andesitic — relating to, or containing, andesite
  • androides — Dated form of android.
  • anecdysis — the period between moults in arthropods
  • anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
  • anisidine — (organic compound) Any of three three isomeric forms of the aromatic amine methoxyaniline; they are toxic, and are used in the synthesis of azo dyes and pharmaceuticals.
  • annalised — Simple past tense and past participle of annalise.
  • anti-skid — intended to prevent vehicles from skidding
  • antidotes — Plural form of antidote.
  • antinodes — Plural form of antinode.
  • antipodes — People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes.
  • anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
  • appraised — Simple past tense and past participle of appraise.
  • apsidiole — a secondary, or small, apse
  • aptitudes — Plural form of aptitude.
  • aquitards — Plural form of aquitard.
  • arachnids — Plural form of arachnid.
  • aridities — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
  • aristides — known as Aristides the Just. ?530–?468 bc, Athenian general and statesman, who played a prominent part in the Greek victories over the Persians at Marathon (490), Salamis (480), and Plataea (479)
  • arsenides — Plural form of arsenide.
  • asafetida — a bad-smelling gum resin obtained from various Asiatic plants (genus Ferula) of the umbel family: it was formerly used to treat some illnesses or, in folk medicine, to repel disease
  • asbestoid — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
  • ascarides — any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
  • ascending — If a group of things is arranged in ascending order, each thing is bigger, greater, or more important than the thing before it.
  • ascidians — Plural form of ascidian.
  • ascidiate — of or relating to the tunicate molluscs of the genus Ascidium
  • asclepiad — a plant that belongs to the class Asclepiadaceae
  • asiderite — an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
  • aspidioid — relating to an aspidium
  • aspirated — (of a stop) articulated with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
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