9-letter words containing a, r, t, s, n
- narthexes — Plural form of narthex.
- nastygram — (networking) /nas'tee-gram/ 1. A network packet or e-mail message (the latter is also called a letterbomb) that takes advantage of misfeatures or security holes on the target system to do untoward things. 2. Disapproving e-mail, especially from a net.god, pursuant to a violation of netiquette or a complaint about failure to correct some mail- or news-transmission problem. Compare shitogram, mailbomb. 3. A status report from an unhappy, and probably picky, customer. "What did Corporate say in today's nastygram?" 4. [deprecated] An error reply by mail from a daemon; in particular, a bounce message.
- naturists — Plural form of naturist.
- naucratis — an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- near east — an indefinite geographical or regional term, usually referring to the countries of SW Asia, including Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia and the other nations of the Arabian Peninsula. Compare Middle East (def 1).
- nectaries — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- 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.
- neuromast — a group of innervated sensory cells occurring along the lateral line of fishes and aquatic amphibians.
- neustrian — the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- new start — an employee who has just joined a company or organization
- newstrade — newspaper retail as a whole
- nightjars — Plural form of nightjar.
- nonartist — a person who is not an artist
- nonracist — One who is not a racist.
- nonskater — a person who does not skate
- noreaster — Alternative spelling of nor'easter.
- north sea — an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 sq. mi. (520,600 sq. km); greatest depth, 1998 feet (610 meters).
- northants — Northamptonshire
- northeast — a point on the compass midway between north and east. Abbreviation: NE.
- nosferatu — Alternative form of Nosferatu.
- nostratic — designating or of a proposed language superfamily that includes the Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Dravidian, Uralic, and Altaic families
- 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.
- notecards — An ambitious hypertext system developed at Xerox PARC, "designed to support the task of transforming a chaotic collection of unrelated thoughts into an integrated, orderly interpretation of ideas and their interconnections".
- nothosaur — An extinct semiaquatic carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs.
- numerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numerate.
- nuristani — Kafir (def 1).
- nut grass — either of two sedges, Cyperus rotundus or C. esculentus, that have small, nutlike tubers and are often troublesome weeds.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- observant — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- on stream — If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available.
- on-stream — in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like: When the new printing press goes on-stream, we'll be able to print twice as many newspapers a day.
- ordinates — Plural form of ordinate.
- organists — Plural form of organist.
- orientals — Plural form of oriental.
- 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.
- ornaments — Plural form of ornament.
- ostracean — a member of the family formerly called Ostracea
- outreason — (transitive) To surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.
- outstrain — to strain or stretch too much
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstand — overreach (def 13).
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- paintress — a female painter
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- pantdress — a dress with a divided skirt
- parentese — baby talk (def 2).
- part song — a song with parts for several voices, especially one meant to be sung without accompaniment.