9-letter words containing a, r, n, o
- crown saw — a hollow cylinder with cutting teeth forming a rotary saw for trepanning
- crownland — a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- cunctator — (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus"Cunctator") 275–203 b.c, Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle.
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- currajong — kurrajong
- currawong — any Australian crowlike songbird of the genus Strepera, having black, grey, and white plumage: family Cracticidae
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- damnatory — threatening or occasioning condemnation
- dancegoer — a person who attends dances or dance performances.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- dankworth — Sir John (Philip William). 1927–2010, British jazz composer, bandleader, and saxophonist: married to Cleo Laine
- dannebrog — the Danish flag
- darnation — Alternative form of tarnation.
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- de morgan — Augustus, 1806–71, English mathematician and logician.
- de varona — Donna, born 1947, U.S. swimmer.
- dear john — a letter from a woman informing her boyfriend or fiancé that she is ending their relationship or informing her husband that she wants a divorce: Nothing is worse for a soldier's morale than getting a Dear John.
- debonaire — charming and sophisticated
- decameron — a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague
- demeanors — Plural form of demeanor.
- demeanour — Your demeanour is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- deodorant — Deodorant is a substance that you can use on your body to hide or prevent the smell of sweat.
- detonator — A detonator is a small amount of explosive or a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is used to explode a bomb or other explosive device.
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- dichondra — any of a genus of creeping perennial herbs of the Convolvulaceae family, with white, pale yellow, or green flowers
- dinosaurs — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- disenamor — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- ditionary — (obsolete) A subject; a tributary.
- divinator — a diviner
- dna probe — a technique for identifying a segment of DNA, using a known sequence of nucleotide bases from a DNA strand to detect a complementary sequence in the sample by means of base pairing.
- doctorand — a student working towards a doctorate
- doctrinal — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- dog train — a sleigh drawn by a team of dogs
- doggerman — a sailor on a dogger
- dognapper — Agent noun of dognap; one who dognaps.
- dominator — to rule over; govern; control.
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- doorbrand — a hinge having a long strap holding together the planks of a door.
- doornails — Plural form of doornail.
- doorwoman — the female door attendant of an apartment house, nightclub, etc., who acts as doorkeeper and performs minor services for entering and departing residents or guests.
- down card — a card that is dealt and played face down, as in blackjack and stud poker.
- downdraft — a downward current, as of air: a downdraft in a mine shaft.
- downgrade — a downward slope, especially of a road.
- downrange — (of a missile, space launch, etc.) traveling in a specified direction away from the launch site and toward the target.
- downstair — down the stairs.
- downwards — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.