9-letter words containing a, r, o, n, s
- coarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of coarsen.
- coenosarc — a system of protoplasmic branches connecting the polyps of colonial organisms such as corals
- colanders — Plural form of colander.
- colorants — Plural form of colorant.
- consarned — confounded; damned.
- consortia — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- construal — an act of construing
- contracts — Plural form of contract.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- contrasts — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- corn laws — the laws introduced in Britain in 1804 to protect domestic farmers against foreign competition by the imposition of a heavy duty on foreign corn: repealed in 1846
- cornballs — Plural form of cornball.
- cornbrash — a type of limestone which produces good soil for growing corn
- cornstalk — a stalk or stem of corn
- coronachs — Plural form of coronach.
- corposant — Saint Elmo's fire
- corrasion — erosion of a rock surface by rock fragments transported over it by water, wind, or ice
- corsicana — a city in E Texas.
- coruscant — giving off flashes of light
- courantes — Plural form of courante.
- courtesan — In former times, a courtesan was a woman who had sexual relationships with rich and powerful men for money.
- cramdowns — Plural form of cramdown.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- crossband — (in furniture) a layer of wood beneath, and with its grain at right angles to, the veneer
- crown saw — a hollow cylinder with cutting teeth forming a rotary saw for trepanning
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- demeanors — Plural form of demeanor.
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- 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.
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- doornails — Plural form of doornail.
- downstair — down the stairs.
- downwards — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- dragomans — Plural form of dragoman.
- dragonets — Plural form of dragonet.
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- dragonism — a strict and domineering manner
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- ear stone — an otolith.
- ear-stone — a calcium carbonate crystal in the ear of vertebrates
- earphones — (countable) Plural form of earphone.
- endeavors — Try hard to do or achieve something.
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.