9-letter words containing nd
- runaround — indecisive or evasive treatment, especially in response to a request: Ask for a raise and he'll give you the runaround.
- rundstedt — Karl Rudolf Gerd von [kahrl roo-dawlf gerd fuh n] /kɑrl ˈru dɔlf gɛrd fən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1953, German field marshal.
- samarinda — a city on E Borneo, in Indonesia.
- samarkand — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- sand crab — any of several crabs that live on sandy beaches, as the ghost crab or mole crab.
- sand dune — hill of sand created by wind
- sand flea — beach flea.
- sand goby — a species of goby, (Pomatoschistus minutus), that lives in European sandy waters
- sand jack — any of a number of containers of sand driven beneath a hull about to be launched as a temporary support and then drained of sand so as to let the hull down onto the launching cradle.
- sand leek — a Eurasian alliaceous plant, Allium scorodoprasum, having reddish-pink flowers, purple bulbils, and a garlic-like bulb
- sand lily — a small, stemless lily, Leucocrinum montanum, of the western U.S., having white, fragrant flowers.
- sand pear — Asian pear.
- sand pile — a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.
- sand shoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- sand trap — (on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.
- sand wasp — any of certain sphecid wasps of the subfamily Bembicinae that nest in the ground and are common along the seashore.
- sand-cast — to produce (a casting) by pouring molten metal into sand molds.
- sand-trap — (on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.
- sandalled — a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- sandblast — a blast of air or steam laden with sand, used to clean, grind, cut, or decorate hard surfaces, as of glass, stone, or metal.
- sandcrack — a perpendicular fissure in some part of the wall of an animal's hoof, esp. of a horse, often caused by sandy soil
- sanderson — Tessa. born 1956, British javelin-thrower: won gold at the 1984 Olympics
- sandglass — an hourglass.
- sandhurst — a village in S England, near Reading, W of London: military college.
- sandiness — of the nature of or consisting of sand.
- sandpaper — strong paper coated with a layer of sand or other abrasive, used for smoothing or polishing.
- sandpiper — any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.
- sandshoes — light canvas shoes with rubber soles; plimsolls
- sandspout — the sand sucked into the air by a whirlwind
- sandstone — a common sedimentary rock consisting of sand, usually quartz, cemented together by various substances, as silica, calcium carbonate, iron oxide, or clay.
- sandstorm — a windstorm, especially in a desert, that blows along great clouds of sand (distinguished from dust storm).
- sandy ray — a species of ray, Leucoraja circularis, of the family Rajidae
- 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.
- sarabande — a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
- scablands — rough, barren, volcanic topography with thin soils and little vegetation.
- scamander — ancient name of the river Menderes.
- scoundrel — an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
- scrubland — land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
- scundered — embarrassed
- seakindly — sailing easily in a rough sea.
- seastrand — seashore.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- seconding — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- secundine — the inner integument of an ovule.
- sedgeland — land covered with sedge
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- send away — dismiss
- send down — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- sex fiend — a person who commits sexual offences
- sforzando — to be played with strong initial attack