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9-letter words containing i, n, t, r, o

  • thronging — a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
  • 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.
  • tinkertoy — a children's toy construction set
  • tiptronic — a type of gearbox that has both automatic and manual options
  • tire iron — a short length of steel with one end flattened to form a blade, used as a crowbar for removing tires from wheel rims.
  • tirewoman — a lady's maid.
  • titration — an operation, used in volumetric analysis, in which a measured amount of one solution is added to a known quantity of another solution until the reaction between the two is complete. If the concentration of one solution is known, that of the other can be calculated
  • tocharian — a member of a central Asian people of high culture, who were assimilated with other peoples about the 11th century a.d.
  • tokharian — a member of a central Asian people of high culture, who were assimilated with other peoples about the 11th century a.d.
  • tonbridge — a market town in SE England, in SW Kent on the River Medway. Pop: 35 833 (2001)
  • tonsillar — a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
  • tonsorial — of or relating to a barber or barbering: the tonsorial shop.
  • top-liner — an entertainer who is important enough to be the star of a show
  • torbanite — Petrology. a dark-brown oil shale containing a large amount of carbonaceous matter.
  • tormentil — a low European plant, Potentilla erecta, of the rose family, having small, bright-yellow flowers, and a strongly astringent root used in medicine and in tanning and dyeing.
  • torminous — suffering from tormina
  • torrenize — to register (property) under a Torrens law
  • torsional — the act of twisting.
  • tortillon — a stump made of paper twisted to a point, used in drawing.
  • torturing — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
  • tottering — walking unsteadily or shakily.
  • tourcoing — a city in N France, near the Belgian border.
  • toy train — child's plaything: miniature train
  • tradition — the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice: a story that has come down to us by popular tradition.
  • train oil — oil obtained from the blubber of whales or from seals, walruses, or other marine animals.
  • trainload — the cargo or passenger capacity of a train.
  • transonic — close to the speed of propagation of sound; moving at 700–780 miles per hour (1127–1255 km/h) at sea level.
  • trasimeno — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
  • trebbiano — a type of grape and vine cultivated in Italy for making wine (by the same name)
  • trebizond — a medieval empire in NE Asia Minor 1204–1461.
  • tretinoin — a drug chemically related to vitamin A, used as a topical ointment to treat skin disorders, especially acne.
  • triathlon — an athletic contest comprising three consecutive events, usually swimming, bicycling, and distance running.
  • tricerion — a candlestick with three arms
  • triclosan — a drug used to treat skin infections
  • tricotine — cavalry twill.
  • trigonous — having three angles or corners, as a stem or seed; triangular.
  • trigynous — (of a plant) having three pistils
  • trihedron — the figure determined by three planes meeting in a point.
  • trilithon — a prehistoric structure consisting of two upright stones supporting a horizontal stone.
  • trillions — an exceptionally large but unspecified number
  • trimphone — a phone designed in the 1960s
  • trination — celebration of Mass three times on the same day by the same priest.
  • trinomial — Algebra. consisting of or pertaining to three terms.
  • trionymal — having a name that consists of three separate parts
  • tripleton — (especially in bridge) a set of three cards of the same suit in a hand as dealt.
  • trisagion — an ancient hymn
  • tritanope — a person who cannot distinguish the colour blue
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