9-letter words containing dam
- ad damnum — a formal and specific claim by a plaintiff for damages.
- adam bede — a novel (1859) by George Eliot.
- adamantly — utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
- adamently — Misspelling of adamantly.
- afterdamp — a poisonous mixture of gases containing carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen formed after the explosion of firedamp in coal mines
- 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)
- andamento — an extended fugue subject.
- aswan dam — a dam on the Nile built in 1902 and twice raised in height; now replaced by the Aswan High Dam
- blackdamp — air that is low in oxygen content and high in carbon dioxide as a result of an explosion in a mine
- cardamine — bittercress
- cardamoms — Plural form of cardamom.
- chokedamp — blackdamp
- cofferdam — a watertight structure, usually of sheet piling, that encloses an area under water, pumped dry to enable construction work to be carried out. Below a certain depth a caisson is required
- commendam — the temporary holding of an ecclesiastical benefice
- damascene — to ornament (metal, esp steel) by etching or by inlaying, usually with gold or silver
- damaskeen — Alternative form of damascene.
- damasking — Present participle of damask.
- damasquin — decorate metal
- damasus i — Saint, pope a.d. 366–384.
- damn fool — Damn fool means 'very stupid'.
- damn near — People use damn near to emphasize that what they are saying is not actually true, but is very close to being true.
- damn well — the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- damnation — According to some religions, if someone suffers damnation, they have to stay in hell for ever after they have died because of their sins.
- damnatory — threatening or occasioning condemnation
- damnedest — If you say that something is the damnedest thing, you are emphasizing that it is surprising or odd.
- damnified — Simple past tense and past participle of damnify.
- damningly — in a damning manner
- damoclean — a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness.
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- damp down — To damp down something such as a strong emotion, an argument, or a crisis means to make it calmer or less intense.
- dampening — to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge.
- dampproof — resistant to dampness or the effects of dampness.
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- damyankee — (in the southern U.S.) a person native to the northern states of the U.S., especially one who is disliked or regarded with suspicion.
- endamages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endamage.
- fundament — the buttocks.
- goddammit — Alternative form of goddamn.
- goddamned — damned.
- goddamnit — Alternative spelling of goddammit.
- hippodame — a sea horse
- indamines — Plural form of indamine.
- lambdamoo — (games) The most frequently used server software for running a MOO and also the nerve-center (of sorts) of the MOO community.
- macadamia — any Australian tree of the genus Macadamia, especially M. ternifolia, having whorled leaves and elongated clusters of pink flowers.
- nidamenta — egg capsules
- novodamus — a clause in a charter whereby a grant (particularly of property) is renewed by a (feudal) superior, esp for the purpose of making a minor alteration to the former grant; the charter itself
- plumdamas — a damson plum or prune
- preadamic — occurring or existing before Adam
- rhodamine — a red dye obtained by heating an alkyl aminophenol with phthalic anhydride.
- rotterdam — a seaport in SW Netherlands.
- sam adams — Abigail (Smith) 1744–1818, U.S. social and political figure (wife of John Adams).
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