9-letter words containing a, d, i, p
- handpiece — The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in the hand.
- handprint — an impression or mark made with the palm and fingers on a surface.
- handspike — a bar used as a lever.
- hardships — Plural form of hardship.
- head trip — a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.
- headpiece — a piece of armor for the head; helmet.
- headships — Plural form of headship.
- hexaploid — having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
- hippodame — a sea horse
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.
- hyperarid — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.
- icecapped — having an icecap
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- ideoscape — (according to w Arjun Appadurai) The global flow of ideologies.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- idiopathy — a disease not preceded or occasioned by any known morbid condition.
- idioplasm — germ plasm.
- impaneled — Simple past tense and past participle of impanel.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.
- impeached — Simple past tense and past participle of impeach.
- impearled — Simple past tense and past participle of impearl.
- impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- implanted — Simple past tense and past participle of implant.
- impleaded — Simple past tense and past participle of implead.
- impleader — a procedural method by which an original party to an action may bring in and make a claim against a third party in connection with the claim made against the original party.
- in spades — a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- indalpine — A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor marketed in 1983 as an antidepressant but swiftly withdrawn when found to cause neutropenia.
- inspanned — Simple past tense and past participle of inspan.
- jaspidean — containing or resembling jasper
- jump dial — a timepiece dial in which the numbers are seen through apertures.
- kapil dev — (Ramlal) Nikhanj (nɪˈkændʒ). born 1959, Indian cricketer: an all-rounder, he played in 131 test matches and captained India to victory in the 1983 World Cup
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- kidnaping — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnapped — a novel (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- kidnappee — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnapper — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- lairdship — the condition of being a laird, or the rank of laird
- lampadist — (in ancient Greece) a competitor in a race run by young men with torches
- landslips — Plural form of landslip.
- lap child — a child who has not yet begun or has just begun to walk.
- lapidated — to pelt with stones.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- lapidific — involved in or relating to the process of changing into stone
- lead pipe — a pipe made of lead
- leporidae — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- lindalisp — Linda for Lisp.
- lipidemia — (medicine) The presence of lipids in the blood.
- mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.