9-letter words containing u, n, s, o, d
- noseguard — middle guard.
- nourished — Simple past tense and past participle of nourish.
- novodamus — a clause in a charter whereby a grant (particularly of property) is renewed by a (feudal) superior, esp for the purpose of making a minor alteration to the former grant; the charter itself
- nucleoids — Plural form of nucleoid.
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- ombudsmen — Plural form of ombudsman.
- osmundine — compost made from dried fern roots
- outbounds — boundaries
- outdesign — to exceed in designing
- outdrinks — Plural form of outdrink.
- outshined — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outstands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outstand.
- panderous — resembling a pander
- pendulous — hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
- pond scum — any free-floating freshwater alga that forms a green scum on water.
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- proudness — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- pseudonym — a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).
- pudendous — shameful
- push-down — a sudden, downward shift by an aircraft in the direction of the flight path.
- quadroons — Plural form of quadroon.
- quandongs — Plural form of quandong.
- resounded — to echo or ring with sound, as a place.
- roundness — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- roundsman — a person who makes rounds, as of inspection.
- sandspout — the sand sucked into the air by a whirlwind
- scoundrel — an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
- scrubdown — an act or instance of scrubbing, especially a thorough washing of a surface or object: The decks of the ship get a scrubdown every morning.
- scrumdown — the forming of a scrum in rugby
- seduction — an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- shippound — a Baltic measure of weight roughly equivalent to 300-400 pounds
- shouldn't — Shouldn't is the usual spoken form of 'should not'.
- shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- smogbound — surrounded by smog.
- snowbound — shut in or immobilized by snow.
- snowmould — a fungal disease of soil or grass resulting from snow cover
- snug down — to make ready for a storm by reducing sail, lashing movable gear, etc.
- softbound — book: paperback
- sound bow — that part of a bell against which the tongue strikes.
- sound law — phonetic law.
- sound man — a technician who produces sound effects.
- sound off — the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- sound out — to measure or try the depth of (water, a deep hole, etc.) by letting down a lead or plummet at the end of a line, or by some equivalent means.
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- soundcard — A soundcard is a piece of equipment which can be put into a computer so that the computer can produce music or other sounds.
- soundings — measurements of atmospheric conditions, as made using a radiosonde or rocketsonde
- soundless — unfathomable; very deep.
- soundness — free from injury, damage, defect, disease, etc.; in good condition; healthy; robust: a sound heart; a sound mind.
- soundpost — a small post, usually of pine, on guitars, violins, etc, that joins the front surface to the back, helps to support the bridge, and allows the whole body of the instrument to vibrate