9-letter words containing d
- amortized — 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.
- ampersand — An ampersand is the sign &, used to represent the word 'and.'
- amphipods — Plural form of amphipod.
- amplidyne — an electrodynamic amplifier which uses a small electrical signal to control the position of a large motor
- amplified — Simple past tense and past participle of amplify.
- amplitude — In physics, the amplitude of a sound wave or electrical signal is its strength.
- amputated — Simple past tense and past participle of amputate.
- amsterdam — the commercial capital of the Netherlands, a major industrial centre and port on the IJsselmeer, connected with the North Sea by canal: built on about 100 islands within a network of canals. Pop: 737 000 (2003 est)
- amu darya — a river in central Asia, rising in the Pamirs and flowing northwest through the Hindu Kush and across Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to its delta in the Aral Sea: forms much of the N border of Afghanistan and is important for irrigation. Length: 2400 km (1500 miles)
- amygdalae — Plural form of amygdala.
- amygdalic — of almonds.
- amygdalin — a white soluble bitter-tasting crystalline glycoside extracted from bitter almonds and stone fruits such as peaches and apricots. Formula: C6H5CHCNOC12H21O10
- amygdules — Plural form of amygdule.
- amyloidal — resembling an amyloid; starch-like
- anabantid — any of various spiny-finned fishes constituting the family Anabantidae and including the fighting fish, climbing perch, and gourami
- anacidity — the abnormal absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- anacondas — Plural form of anaconda.
- analysand — any person who is undergoing psychoanalysis
- anandrous — (of flowers) having no stamens
- and found — with room and board in addition to wages
- and so on — You use and so on or and so forth at the end of a list to indicate that there are other items that you could also mention.
- 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)
- andamento — an extended fugue subject.
- andantino — (to be performed) slightly faster, or slightly more slowly, than andante
- anderssen — Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1818–79, German chess player: noted for the incisiveness of his combination play
- andesitic — relating to, or containing, andesite
- andorra-i — (language) A parallel logic programming language with the OR-parallelism of Aurora and the AND-parallelism of Parlog.
- andouille — a spicy smoked pork sausage with a blackish skin
- andradite — a yellow, green, or brownish-black garnet that consists of calcium iron silicate and is used as a gemstone. Formula: Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3
- andragogy — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- androgens — Plural form of androgen.
- androgeus — a son of Minos and Pasiphaë who fell victim to Athenian King Aegeus: in revenge, Minos waged war on the Athenians and forced them to send a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths to the Minotaur every nine years.
- androgyne — an androgynous plant or animal
- androgyny — Androgyny is the state of being neither distinctly masculine nor distinctly feminine.
- androides — Dated form of android.
- andrology — the branch of medicine concerned with diseases in men, esp of the reproductive organs
- andromeda — the daughter of Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus, who saved her from a sea monster
- androsace — any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- anecdotal — Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid.
- anecdotes — a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- anecdotic — anecdotal
- anecdoton — (Grecian) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- anecdotum — (rare, Latinate) alternative spelling of anecdote.
- anecdysis — the period between moults in arthropods
- aneuploid — (of polyploid cells or organisms) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number, caused by one chromosome set being incomplete
- angel bed — French Furniture. a bed having a suspended or bracketed canopy of less than full length. Compare duchesse bed.
- angelhood — the state of being an angel
- anglified — (sometimes lowercase) to Anglicize.
- anguipede — a mythological creature of Persian origin with a rooster's head and snakes for legs