9-letter words containing a, r, s, e, n, i
- massinger — Philip, 1583–1640, English dramatist: collaborated with John Fletcher.
- mastering — a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
- measuring — Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
- meridians — Plural form of meridian.
- mertensia — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mertensia, of the borage family, including the lungworts and the Virginia cowslip.
- migraines — Plural form of migraine.
- mindshare — Relative public awareness of a phenomenon.
- miscreant — depraved, villainous, or base.
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- mislearns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mislearn.
- muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- near miss — a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- nectaries — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neisseria — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Neisseria, certain species of which, as N. gonorrhoeae, are pathogenic for humans.
- nestorian — one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- neustrian — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- niaiserie — simplicity, silliness, or an instance of this
- ninebarks — Plural form of ninebark.
- nivernais — a former province in central France. Capital: Nevers.
- nonserial — not serial
- normalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of normalize.
- notarised — to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- notarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of notarize.
- nuisancer — a person that creates a nuisance or public offence
- nursemaid — Also called nurserymaid. a woman or girl employed to care for a child or several children, especially in a household.
- orangeism — the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- ordinates — Plural form of ordinate.
- organised — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organiser — Standard spelling of organizer.
- organises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of organise.
- organizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of organize.
- orientals — Plural form of oriental.
- orleanais — a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- orleanist — a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- overstain — to stain too much
- paintress — a female painter
- panderism — the work of a pander
- parenesis — exhortation; admonition
- passerine — of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- peronista — Peronist.
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).