9-letter words containing s, o, l, d, a
- satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
- 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.
- schoolday — a day for going to school
- sfd-algol — System Function Description-ALGOL. Extension of ALGOL for synchronous systems. Sammet 1969, p.625.
- shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
- sigmoidal — shaped like the letter C.
- silk road — ancient trade route extending from China to the Mediterranean
- slag down — to give a verbal lashing to
- slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
- snow-clad — covered with snow.
- snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
- so-called — called or designated thus: the so-called Southern bloc.
- sod's law — (humour) Murphy's Law.
- soda lake — a salt lake that has a high content of sodium salts, esp chlorides and sulphates
- soda lime — a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.
- soft-land — to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
- solar day — Astronomy. the time interval between two successive transits by the sun of the meridian directly opposite that of the observer; the 24-hour interval from one midnight to the following midnight.
- sound law — phonetic law.
- southland — a southern area.
- sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- steroidal — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- subdorsal — situated close to the back in humans or upper surface in animals
- swordplay — the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
- swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- toadstool — any of various mushrooms having a stalk with an umbrellalike cap, especially the agarics.
- unsolaced — not comforted
- vocalised — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- volksraad — the legislative assembly of the Boer republics in South Africa during the latter half of the 19th century
- wash load — a load of washing which is put in a washing machine
- wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
- woodlands — Plural form of woodland.
- woodlarks — Plural form of woodlark.
- workloads — Plural form of workload.