9-letter words that end in ad
- islamabad — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- jalalabad — a city in NE Afghanistan, capital of Nangarhar province; a trading, military, and tourist centre on the main route between Kabul and the Khyber Pass. Pop: 96 000 (2004 est)
- juicehead — a heavy drinker of alcoholic liquor.
- jump head — the headline printed over the continued portion of a story in a newspaper, magazine, etc., usually condensed from the main headline.
- jump lead — Jump leads are thick electrical leads that are used to connect a flat battery in a vehicle to an external charged battery, such as the battery of another vehicle, so that the first vehicle can be started.
- kirovabad — a city in NW Azerbaijan.
- lake chad — a lake in N central Africa: fed chiefly by the Shari River, it has no apparent outlet. Area: at fullest extent 10 000 to 26 000 sq km (4000 to 10 000 sq miles), varying seasonally; it has shrunk considerably in recent years
- lake mead — a reservoir in NW Arizona and SE Nevada, formed by the Hoover Dam across the Colorado River: one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles)
- launchpad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- legal pad — a ruled writing tablet, usually yellow and measuring 8½ × 14 inches (22 × 36 cm).
- leninabad — former (1936–91) name of Khodzhent.
- leningrad — a former name (1924–91) of St. Petersburg (def 1)
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- link-dead — Said of a MUD character who has frozen in place because of a dropped network connection.
- live load — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- lookahead — (computing) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
- loosehead — (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum.
- lowlihead — lowly state; lowliness.
- lustihead — lustiness
- main road — principal street
- make head — to make progress
- manspread — (of a man) to sit with one's legs far apart, taking up too much space on a seat shared with other people: guys who manspread on the subway.
- marienbad — a spa and resort town in the Czech Republic.
- megafarad — a unit of electric capacitance equal to one million farads
- metalhead — Slang. a fan of heavy metal music; headbanger.
- midspread — (statistics) The interquartile range.
- moradabad — a city in N Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- mouse pad — mouse mat
- must-read — a piece of literature or writing considered important or classic; writing that should or must be read.
- nagyvarad — Hungarian name of Oradea.
- nan bread — (in Indian cookery) a slightly leavened bread in a large flat leaf shape
- negrohead — a type of low-quality India rubber
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- overbroad — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- pavlograd — a city in E Ukraine, E of Dnepropetrovsk.
- peak load — the maximum load on an electrical power-supply system
- petrograd — former name (1914–24) of St. Petersburg (def 2).
- picofarad — one trillionth of a farad. Abbreviation: pF.
- planeload — the amount of people or cargo an airplane can carry.
- poppyhead — a finial or other ornament, often richly carved, as the top of the upright end of a bench or pew.
- post road — (formerly) a road with stations for furnishing horses for postriders, mail coaches, or travelers.
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
- proofread — to read (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.
- put ahead — to reset the hands of (a clock) to a later time
- rail bead — a long, straight, cock bead.
- read head — a part of a recording device that senses data on a carrier medium such as a disk or tape
- ring road — motorway around a city
- riverhead — the source or spring of a river.
- roadstead — road (def 4).