9-letter words containing e, r, o, s, i
- inventors — Plural form of inventor.
- inversion — an act or instance of inverting.
- investors — Plural form of investor.
- ipso jure — by the law itself; by operation of law.
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- ironsides — a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
- ironstone — any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- isentrope — a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- isherwood — Christopher (William Bradshaw) [brad-shaw] /ˈbræd ʃɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, English poet, novelist, and playwright; in the U.S. since 1938.
- isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- isomerase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze reactions involving intramolecular rearrangements.
- isomerism — Chemistry. the relation of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that are composed of the same kinds and numbers of atoms but differ from each other in structural arrangement (structural isomerism) as CH 3 OCH 3 and CH 3 CH 2 OH, or in the arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore in one or more properties. Compare optical isomerism, stereoisomerism.
- isomerize — (chemistry) to convert a compound into a different isomeric form.
- isomerous — having an equal number of parts, markings, etc.
- isometric — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- isosteric — Chemistry. having the same number of valence electrons in the same configuration but differing in the kinds and numbers of atoms.
- isotheres — Plural form of isothere.
- isotherms — Plural form of isotherm.
- jargonise — Alternative form of jargonize.
- jointress — a woman on whom a jointure has been settled.
- jointures — Plural form of jointure.
- joyriders — Plural form of joyrider.
- kaiserdom — The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
- keratosis — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- laborites — Plural form of laborite.
- lavoisier — Antoine Laurent [ahn-twan loh-rahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1743–94, French scientist: pioneer in the field of chemistry.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- librettos — Plural form of libretto.
- licensors — Plural form of licensor.
- lifeforms — Plural form of lifeform.
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- lorikeets — Plural form of lorikeet.
- lotteries — Plural form of lottery.
- lovebirds — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- masonried — built of masonry
- masoretic — of or relating to the Masorah or the Masoretes.
- mediators — Plural form of mediator.
- mediocris — (of a cumulus cloud) of medium height and often lacking a distinctive summit.
- meiospore — a haploid spore resulting from meiosis
- meliorism — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- meliorist — A proponent of meliorism.
- memoirism — the act or practice of writing memoirs
- memoirist — a person who writes memoirs.
- memorials — Plural form of memorial.
- memorised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorise.