9-Letter Words Containing: A,D,O,R,E,S

• Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.

• dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking

• (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

• Curcuma zedoaria, a perennial herb native to India and Indonesia.

• reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it

• become overexposed

• overexpose to sunlight

• expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun

• device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like

• holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung

• a large ax with a broad cutting blade

• ornamentation with beads

• a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture