9-letter words containing n, d
- antitrade — a wind in the upper atmosphere blowing in the opposite direction from and above the trade winds
- antiworld — a hypothetical or supposed world or universe composed of antimatter
- anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- anzac day — 25 April, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand commemorating the Anzac landing at Gallipoli in 1915
- apeldoorn — a town in the Netherlands, in central Gelderland province: nearby is the summer residence of the Dutch royal family. Pop: 156 000 (2003 est)
- appanaged — having appanage
- appendage — An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important.
- appendant — attached, affixed, or added
- appendent — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appending — Present participle of append.
- appointed — If something happens at the appointed time, it happens at the time that was decided in advance.
- apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- arachnids — Plural form of arachnid.
- arachnoid — the middle of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord
- araneidan — related to or belonging to the araneid
- archfiend — a chief fiend
- arcsecond — unit used in astronomy
- arid zone — either of the zones of latitude 15–30° N and S characterized by very low rainfall and desert or semidesert terrain
- arnoldson — Klas Pontus [klahs pawn-tuh s] /klɑs ˈpɔn təs/ (Show IPA), 1844–1916, Swedish author and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1908.
- arraigned — to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment.
- arsenides — Plural form of arsenide.
- arytenoid — denoting either of two small cartilages of the larynx that are attached to the vocal cords
- ascendant — proceeding upwards; rising
- ascendent — a position of dominance or controlling influence: possession of power, superiority, or preeminence: With his rivals in the ascendant, he soon lost his position.
- ascenders — Plural form of ascender.
- ascendeur — a metal grip that is threaded on a rope and can be alternately tightened and slackened as an aid to climbing the rope: used attached to slings for the feet and waist
- ascending — If a group of things is arranged in ascending order, each thing is bigger, greater, or more important than the thing before it.
- ascidians — Plural form of ascidian.
- ash blond — a very light blond colour
- ash-blond — pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.
- assonated — Simple past tense and past participle of assonate.
- astounded — If you are astounded by something, you are very shocked or surprised that it could exist or happen.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- aswan dam — a dam on the Nile built in 1902 and twice raised in height; now replaced by the Aswan High Dam
- asyndesis — (psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.
- asyndetic — (of a catalogue or index) without cross references
- asyndeton — the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
- at an end — If something is at an end, it has finished and will not continue.
- at random — If you choose people or things at random, you do not use any particular method, so they all have an equal chance of being chosen.
- attainder — (formerly) the extinction of a person's civil rights resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry on conviction for treason or felony
- attainted — Law. to condemn by a sentence or a bill or act of attainder.
- attendant — An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a petrol station, a car park, or a cloakroom.
- attendees — a person who is present at a specific time or place: a conference with thousands of attendees.
- attenders — Plural form of attender.
- attendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of attend.
- attending — having primary responsibility for a patient.
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- audiences — the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.
- audiencia — a high court, found in South America during the colonial period
- audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear