9-letter words containing s, y, a, d
- hydranths — Plural form of hydranth.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hydraulus — a pipe organ of ancient Greece and Rome using water pressure to maintain the air supply.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hydrosoma — hydrosome.
- hydrostat — an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage.
- idiocrasy — idiosyncrasy.
- junkyards — Plural form of junkyard.
- kandinsky — Wassily [vas-uh-lee] /ˈvæs ə li/ (Show IPA), or Vasili [vas-uh-lee,, vuh-sil-ee;; Russian vuh-syee-lyee] /ˈvæs ə li,, vəˈsɪl i;; Russian vʌˈsyi lyi/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, Russian painter.
- keyboards — Plural form of keyboard.
- ladybirds — Plural form of ladybird.
- ladyloves — Plural form of ladylove.
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- lay aside — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- media-shy — reluctant to appear in the mass media
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.
- mooseyard — an area of trodden snow where moose spend the winter
- mydriasis — excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye, as the result of disease, drugs, or the like.
- myriapods — Plural form of myriapod.
- nonsteady — not steady or stable; unsteady
- nyasaland — former name of Malawi (def 1).
- olympiads — Plural form of olympiad.
- outstayed — Simple past tense and past participle of outstay.
- paralysed — unable to move and with no feeling
- parsleyed — cooked with or sprinkled with parsley
- pederasty — sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor.
- quaysides — Plural form of quayside.
- radiosity — (graphics) A method for rendering a view of a three-dimensional scene that provides realistic lighting effects, such as interobject reflections and color bleeding. Radiosity methods are computationally intense, due to the use of linear systems of equations and the spatial complexity of large scenes.
- raynaud's — a disease, mainly affecting women, in which spasms in the blood vessels of the fingers or toes restrict blood flow to the affected part, which becomes pale, numb, and sometimes painful
- redisplay — to display again
- residuary — entitled to the residue of an estate: a residuary legatee.
- saleslady — a saleswoman.
- salty dog — a cocktail of gin or vodka and grapefruit juice, traditionally served in a salt-rimmed glass.
- samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- sand goby — a species of goby, (Pomatoschistus minutus), that lives in European sandy waters
- sand lily — a small, stemless lily, Leucocrinum montanum, of the western U.S., having white, fragrant flowers.
- sandy ray — a species of ray, Leucoraja circularis, of the family Rajidae
- sarvodaya — (in India) economic and social development and improvement of a community as a whole
- sassywood — (in Liberia) a trial by ordeal, such as being forced to drink poison
- saturdays — on Saturdays: Saturdays we go to the movies.
- schoolday — a day for going to school
- scrapyard — A scrapyard is a place where old machines such as cars or ships are destroyed and where useful parts are saved.
- sea dayak — Iban (def 1).
- seakindly — sailing easily in a rough sea.
- seawardly — in a seaward direction
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- sedentary — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
- seed tray — a tray that once filled with soil or compost is used for planting seeds in
- semihardy — partially hardy; able to survive moderately low temperatures: semihardy plants.