9-letter words containing i, n, s, o
- obsessing — to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
- obsession — the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- obstinant — (proscribed) Obstinate.
- obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- obtesting — Present participle of obtest.
- obtrusion — the act of obtruding.
- obversion — an act or instance of obverting.
- occasions — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- occlusion — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
- occursion — (obsolete) A meeting or striking together; a clash or collision.
- oceanites — Plural form of oceanite.
- oceanside — a city in SW California.
- odelsting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- odonatist — a person who studies or is expert in insects that belong to the zoological group Odonata
- offension — (obsolete) assault; attack.
- offensive — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- offerings — Plural form of offering.
- offprints — Plural form of offprint.
- offspring — children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
- oil sands — a sand or sandstone containing oil or tarry residue in the pore spaces.
- ointments — Plural form of ointment.
- oleoresin — a mixture of an essential oil and a resin, found in nature.
- ominosity — The state or quality of being ominous.
- ominously — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- omissions — Plural form of omission.
- ommission — Misspelling of omission.
- omnibuses — Plural form of omnibus.
- omniscent — Misspelling of omniscient All-knowing.
- omniverse — A number of supposedly co-existing universes.
- omnivores — Plural form of omnivore.
- on strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- on-limits — open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel: an on-limits area.
- onanistic — withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- oncolysis — the destruction of tumours
- oncovirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- one-sided — considering but one side of a matter or question; partial or unfair: a one-sided judgment.
- onerosity — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
- onionskin — a thin, lightweight, translucent, glazed paper, used especially for making carbon copies.
- onomastic — of or relating to proper names.
- onrushing — Rushing or flowing forward.
- onsetting — the action of attacking or assaulting
- onshoring — the practice of employing white-collar workers from abroad
- oogenesis — the origin and development of the ovum.
- ookinesis — the series of nuclear changes occurring in the ovum during maturation and fertilization.
- open side — the side of the scrum on which the majority of the backs are ranged
- opisthion — (anatomy) The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great foramen of the skull.
- opsomania — an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- opsonized — Simple past tense and past participle of opsonize.
- opticians — Plural form of optician.