9-letter words containing e, a, s, t, r
- mistreats — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistreat.
- miter saw — a backsaw used for cutting miters.
- mixmaster — a disc jockey
- moderates — Plural form of moderate.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- mortalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of mortalize.
- mortgages — Plural form of mortgage.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- must-read — a piece of literature or writing considered important or classic; writing that should or must be read.
- mustanger — a person who engages in mustanging.
- myristate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of myristic acid.
- mysterial — (obsolete) mysterious.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narrowest — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- narthexes — Plural form of narthex.
- 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
- 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).
- northeast — a point on the compass midway between north and east. Abbreviation: NE.
- nosferatu — Alternative form of Nosferatu.
- 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".
- numerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numerate.
- obsecrate — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- observant — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- oleasters — Plural form of oleaster.
- 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.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- operators — Plural form of operator.
- operettas — Plural form of operetta.
- oratories — Plural form of oratory.
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- ordinates — Plural form of ordinate.
- 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.
- osmeteria — glands in some caterpillars that secrete foul-smelling substances to deter predators
- ostiaries — Plural form of ostiary.
- ostracean — a member of the family formerly called Ostracea