9-letter words containing e, n, r, o, i
- sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- serotines — a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- serotonin — a neurotransmitter, derived from tryptophan, that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes.
- serranoid — resembling or related to the sea bass family Serranidae.
- serration — serrated condition or form.
- serricorn — a beetle with serrate antennae
- shipborne — carried on a ship.
- shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
- shoreline — the line where shore and water meet.
- sign over — a token; indication.
- signore's — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- snow tire — an automobile tire with a deep tread or protruding studs to give increased traction on snow or ice.
- snow-tire — an automobile tire with a deep tread or protruding studs to give increased traction on snow or ice.
- soilborne — carried in soil
- soldering — any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between metal objects to unite them without heating the objects to the melting point.
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- solferino — a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- sooterkin — the mythical black afterbirth of Dutch women that was believed to result from their warming themselves on stoves
- sore shin — a disease of plant seedlings, characterized by stem cankers that girdle the stem near the soil line, caused by any of several fungi, especially Rhizoctonia solani.
- sorriness — feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.
- sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- sporeling — Botany, Mycology. the young individual developed from a spore.
- stationer — a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stinkeroo — a bad or contemptible person or thing
- storyline — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- subregion — a division or subdivision of a region, especially a division of a zoogeographical region.
- surrejoin — to reply to a legal rejoinder
- swingover — a shift or transfer in attitude, opinion, or the like.
- synedrion — an assembly of judges or representatives
- tanorexic — obsessed with maintaining a permanent deep tan, esp through use of tanning machines
- tear into — to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew.
- tellurion — an apparatus for showing the manner in which the diurnal rotation and annual revolution of the earth and the obliquity of its axis produce the alternation of day and night and the changes of the seasons.
- tensioner — an instrument for adding tension
- tentorial — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- tentorium — Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- terpenoid — a class of chemical compounds including all terpenes
- terpineol — any of several unsaturated, cyclic, tertiary alcohols having the formula C 10 H 18 O, occurring in nature in many essential oils or prepared synthetically: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes.
- thereinto — into that place or thing.
- thorazine — chlorpromazine
- thorndike — Ashley Horace, 1871–1933, U.S. literary historian and teacher.
- thornlike — resembling or having the characteristics of a thorn
- threnodic — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- threonine — an essential amino acid, CH 3 CHOHCH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of proteins. Symbol: T. Abbreviation: Thr;
- thyroxine — Biochemistry. the thyroid gland hormone that regulates the metabolic rate of the body.
- tierceron — (in a ribbed vault) a diagonal rib, other than an ogive, springing from a point of support.
- time-worn — worn or impaired by time.
- tinderbox — a box for holding tinder, usually fitted with a flint and steel.