9-letter words containing e, r, o, n
- holderlin — Johann Christian Friedrich [yoh-hahn kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1843, German poet.
- hollander — John, 1929–2013, U.S. poet and critic.
- hollering — to cry aloud; shout; yell: Quit hollering into the phone.
- holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
- homefront — Alternative form of home front.
- homegrown — grown or produced at home or in a particular region for local consumption: homegrown tomatoes.
- homeowner — a person who owns a home.
- honeworts — Plural form of honewort.
- honeybird — Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
- honeytrap — A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.
- honeywort — a plant, Cerinthe retorta, of Greece, having bluish-green leaves and purple-tipped yellow flowers.
- honorable — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- honorless — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- hoovering — to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- horehound — an Old World plant, Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, having downy leaves and small, whitish flowers, and containing a bitter, medicinal juice that is used as an expectorant, vermifuge, and laxative.
- hornbeams — Plural form of hornbeam.
- horniness — consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- hornpipes — Plural form of hornpipe.
- hornstone — a variety of quartz resembling flint.
- hornyhead — species of fish
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- horsepond — A pond for watering horses.
- horsiness — The quality of being, or resembling, a horse.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hung over — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hydrazone — any of a class of compounds containing the group >C=NNH 2 .
- hydrogens — Plural form of hydrogen.
- hydrovane — a vane on a seaplane conferring stability on water (a sponson) or facilitating take off (a hydrofoil)
- hypernova — (astronomy) The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
- hyperonym — (linguistics) Hypernym; superordinate term.
- iatrogeny — a disease caused by medical intervention or treatment
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- ice front — the forward section or seaward edge of an ice shelf.
- ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- iminourea — guanidine.
- immersion — an act or instance of immersing.
- importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- impounder — One who impounds.
- in clover — any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- in escrow — a contract, deed, bond, or other written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition.
- in flower — When a plant is in flower or when it has come into flower, its flowers have appeared and opened.
- in person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- in reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- in revolt — in the process or state of rebelling
- in theory — in principle
- in-person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- incensory — Thurible, censer.
- inclosers — Plural form of incloser.