9-letter words containing i, r, a, t, o, n
- arytenoid — denoting either of two small cartilages of the larynx that are attached to the vocal cords
- assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
- assorting — Present participle of assort.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- attrition — Attrition is a process in which you steadily reduce the strength of an enemy by continually attacking them.
- aureation — (rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
- authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- barbitone — a long-acting barbiturate used medicinally, usually in the form of the sodium salt, as a sedative or hypnotic
- barbotine — a type of clay paste used in making decorated pottery
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- bartokian — characteristic of the music of Béla Bartók: driving, percussive, Bartokian rhythm.
- beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C
- bioparent — a biological parent
- botanizer — a person who botanizes
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- brominate — to treat or react with bromine
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- cantorial — of or relating to a precentor
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carnation — A carnation is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- carnotite — a radioactive yellow mineral consisting of hydrated uranium potassium vanadate: occurs in sedimentary rocks and is a source of uranium, radium, and vanadium. Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2.3H2O
- cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
- cast-iron — made of cast iron.
- cautioner — A person who cautions.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- cavorting — to prance or caper about.
- certosina — a technique of inlaying light-colored material, as bone, ivory, metal, or pale wood, in elaborate designs on a dark ground.
- chinaroot — the root of either of two plants, the galanga or the smilax
- chromatin — the part of the nucleus that consists of DNA and proteins, forms the chromosomes, and stains with basic dyes
- cinerator — an incinerator.
- cithaeron — a mountain range in SE Greece: sacred to Dionysus, in Greek mythology. to 4623 feet (1409 meters).
- coaration — Cooperative ploughing.
- cointreau — a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
- consortia — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- contrails — Plural form of contrail.
- covariant — a variant that changes leaving interrelations with another variant (or variants) unchanged
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crenation — any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- curtation — the discrepancy between the curtate distance and the true distance of a planet from the sun
- curvation — the action of curving or bending
- darnation — Alternative form of tarnation.