9-letter words containing i, n, r, e
- orientals — Plural form of oriental.
- orientate — (UK, intransitive) To face (a given direction).
- orienteer — (sports) Someone who takes part in the sport of orienteering.
- orienting — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- originate — to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages.
- orleanais — a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- 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.
- orneriest — ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
- ornithine — an amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of arginine and occurring as an intermediate compound in the urea cycle of mammals.
- ortanique — A citrus fruit that is a cross between an orange and a tangerine, developed in Jamaica in the 1920s.
- orwellian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
- ostringer — astringer.
- otterbein — Philip William, 1726–1813, American clergyman, founder of the United Brethren, born in Germany.
- outlinear — relating to an outline
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- outridden — Past participle of outride.
- ovenbirds — Plural form of ovenbird.
- over-wind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- overawing — Present participle of overawe.
- overdoing — to do to excess; overindulge in: to overdo dieting.
- overdrink — Drink too much alcohol.
- overgoing — a crossing
- overgrain — to apply a grainy texture to
- overindex — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- overinked — printed using too much ink
- overlying — present participle of overlie.
- overnight — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overprint — Printing. to print additional material or another color on a form or sheet previously printed.
- overripen — to make or become too ripe
- overshine — to outshine: One star seemed to overshine all others.
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
- overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
- overtrain — to train excessively
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- oystering — any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- paintress — a female painter
- paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944
- pan-fried — Pan-fried food is food that has been cooked in hot fat or oil in a frying pan.
- pandering — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderism — the work of a pander
- panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panetiere — a small, decorative livery cupboard, made especially in Provence in the 18th century.
- paracrine — relating to a hormone whose release only affects tissue surrounding the gland that secreted it
- paraffine — paraffin.
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parenesis — exhortation; admonition