9-letter words containing a, r, o, n, s
- argonauts — Classical Mythology. a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
- armstrong — Edwin Howard. 1890–1954, US electrical engineer; invented the superheterodyne radio receiver and the FM radio
- arnoldson — Klas Pontus [klahs pawn-tuh s] /klɑs ˈpɔn təs/ (Show IPA), 1844–1916, Swedish author and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1908.
- arsenious — of or containing arsenic in the trivalent state
- arsonists — Plural form of arsonist.
- ashburton — 1st Baron, Baring, Alexander.
- aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
- assorting — Present participle of assort.
- astronaut — An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft.
- astronomy — Astronomy is the scientific study of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
- attorneys — Plural form of attorney.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- aversions — Plural form of aversion.
- ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
- bankrolls — Plural form of bankroll.
- bannerols — Plural form of bannerol.
- bar-spoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- bass horn — an obsolete wind instrument of low range
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- broadness — the state or character of being broad: the broadness of the ship; the broadness of his jokes.
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- cameroons — former region in W Africa consisting of two trust territories, French Cameroons (in 1960 forming the republic of Cameroon ) and British Cameroons (in 1961 divided between Cameroon and Nigeria)
- cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
- cankerous — having cankers
- canonries — Plural form of canonry.
- caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- carillons — Plural form of carillon.
- carnosaur — any of various large carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs of the group Carnosauria, including the allosaurs
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- carotenes — Plural form of carotene.
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
- cast-iron — made of cast iron.
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- cavernous — A cavernous room or building is very large inside, and so it reminds you of a cave.
- censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- censorian — relating to the official supervision of public behaviour and morals
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- chamfrons — Plural form of chamfron.
- chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
- charangos — Plural form of charango.
- clangours — Plural form of clangour.