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9-letter words containing t, a, r, s, n, d

  • sandhurst — a village in S England, near Reading, W of London: military college.
  • sandstorm — a windstorm, especially in a desert, that blows along great clouds of sand (distinguished from dust storm).
  • santander — Francisco de Paula [frahn-sees-kaw th e pou-lah] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ ˈpaʊ lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1840, South American soldier and statesman: president of New Granada 1832–37.
  • saturniid — any of several large, brightly colored moths of the family Saturniidae, comprising the giant silkworm moths.
  • sauntered — to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
  • seastrand — seashore.
  • sedentary — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
  • shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
  • shorthand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
  • stand for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • standards — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
  • standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
  • steradian — a solid angle at the center of a sphere subtending a section on the surface equal in area to the square of the radius of the sphere. Abbreviation: sr.
  • sternward — toward the stern; astern.
  • stralsund — a seaport in NE Germany: a member of the medieval Hanseatic League; besieged by Wallenstein 1628.
  • stranding — to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
  • strangled — A strangled voice or cry sounds unclear because the throat muscles of the person speaking or crying are tight.
  • streisand — Barbra. born 1942, US singer, actress, and film director: the films she has acted in include Funny Girl (1968) and A Star is Born (1976); her films as actress and director include Yentl (1983), Prince of Tides (1990), and The Mirror has Two Faces (1996)
  • tar sands — sands or sandstone deposits containing tarry, viscous, bituminous oil
  • tardiness — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
  • tarnished — metal: discolored
  • thirdsman — an intermediary or arbitrator; the third person
  • tornadoes — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
  • tradesman — a person engaged in trade.
  • trainshed — (in a railroad station) a shelter completely covering railroad tracks and their adjoining platforms.
  • transcend — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • transcode — (language)   An early system on the Ferut computer.
  • transduce — to convert (energy) from one form into another.
  • transited — the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
  • tyndareus — the husband of Leda and father of Clytemnestra and Castor.
  • undercast — Mining. a crossing of two passages, as airways, dug at the same level so that one descends to pass beneath the other without any opening into it. Compare overcast (def 9).
  • unroasted — not roasted or cooked over dry heat
  • unstarred — not denoted with a star
  • wristband — the band of a sleeve, especially that of a shirt sleeve, that covers the wrist.
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