9-letter words containing a, r, n, o
- innovator — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- inoperant — Not operant.
- inorganic — not having the structure or organization characteristic of living bodies.
- inquorate — (of an assembly) unable to proceed effectively because not enough members are present to make up a quorum.
- inroading — Present participle of inroad.
- insulator — Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- interloan — a loan between one library and another
- intonator — a monochord
- intraoral — Within the mouth.
- invocator — invoke.
- irisation — the effect or quality of being iridescent; iridescence.
- iron gang — chain gang.
- iron gate — a gorge cut by the Danube through the Carpathian Mountains, between Yugoslavia and SW Romania. 2 miles (3.2 km) long.
- iron gray — a medium shade of gray, like that of freshly broken iron.
- iron hand — strict or harsh control: The general governed the country with an iron hand.
- iron mask — an iron covering for the face, supposedly used in the past to conceal the identity of a well-known prisoner
- iron-gray — a medium shade of gray, like that of freshly broken iron.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- ironwoman — a female worker or athlete of great physical endurance who can be depended upon to perform a given task or job tirelessly.
- iroquoian — a family of North American Indian languages that includes Cherokee, Seneca, Mohawk, and Oneida.
- isandrous — having the stamens similar to each other and equal in number to the petals.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- iteration — the act of repeating; a repetition.
- j. random — (jargon) /J rand'm/ (Generalised from J. Random Hacker) Arbitrary; ordinary; any one; any old. "J. Random" is often prefixed to a noun to make a name out of it. It means roughly "some particular" or "any specific one". "Would you let J. Random Loser marry your daughter?" The most common uses are "J. Random Hacker", "J. Random Loser", and "J. Random Nerd" ("Should J. Random Loser be allowed to gun down other people?"), but it can be used simply as an elaborate version of random in any sense.
- jaborandi — any of several South American shrubs belonging to the genus Pilocarpus, of the rue family.
- jargonaut — Someone who uses jargon excessively.
- jargoneer — a user of jargon
- jargoning — the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
- jargonise — Alternative form of jargonize.
- jargonish — jargonistic
- jargonist — a user of jargon
- jargonize — to talk jargon or a jargon.
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- joint bar — one of a pair of bars used to join two rails longitudinally.
- jordanian — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- juniorate — a two-year course of study for a Jesuit novice in preparation for the course in philosophy.
- jurywoman — a female juror.
- kairomone — A chemical substance emitted by an organism and detected by another of a different species that gains advantage from this, e.g., a parasite seeking a host.
- kangaroos — Plural form of kangaroo.
- kantharos — a deep bowl set upon a stem terminating in a foot and having two handles rising from the brim and curving downward to join the body.
- ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- kirovakan — a city in W Armenia, N of Yerevan.
- kneeboard — a short board for surfing or water-skiing in a kneeling position.
- knotgrass — A common Eurasian plant of the dock family, with jointed creeping stems and small pink flowers. It is a serious weed in some areas.
- koorajong — kurrajong.
- krasnodar — a territory of the Russian Federation in SE Europe. 34,200 sq. mi. (88,578 sq. km).
- kronstadt — a naval base in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on an island in the Gulf of Finland: fortress founded 1710.
- kurrajong — an Australian bottle tree, Brachychiton populneus, having showy yellowish-white, bell-shaped flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- la coruna — a seaport in NW Spain.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.