9-letter words containing l, o, n, r
- on relief — alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- one-liner — a brief joke or amusing remark.
- onerously — In an onerous manner.
- onlookers — Plural form of onlooker.
- operantly — In an operant manner.
- ordinally — of or relating to an order, as of animals or plants.
- organelle — Cell Biology. a specialized part of a cell having some specific function; a cell organ.
- organosol — a resin-based coating
- orientals — Plural form of oriental.
- originals — Plural form of original.
- 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.
- ornithol. — ornithological
- orotundly — In an orotund manner.
- 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).
- outlander — a foreigner; alien.
- outlinear — relating to an outline
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- over-plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- overblown — (of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown: an overblown rose.
- overclean — too clean
- overflown — to fly farther than or beyond; overshoot.
- overladen — to overload (usually used in past participle overladen): a table overladen with rich food.
- overlands — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- overlearn — to learn or memorize beyond the point of proficiency or immediate recall.
- overlying — present participle of overlie.
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- ownerless — having no owner
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- patrolman — a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- penholder — a holder in which a penpoint is placed.
- personals — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- personnel — a body of persons employed in an organization or place of work.
- phlorizin — a bitter, crystalline glucoside, C 2 1 H 2 4 O 1 0 , obtained from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, etc.: formerly used as a tonic and in the treatment of malaria; now used chiefly in biochemical research.
- piperonal — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble aldehyde, C 8 H 6 O 3 , which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- polverine — a glassmaker's potash
- polyandry — the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry (def 1).
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- portolani — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- portolano — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- pouringly — in a pouring fashion
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prelusion — a prelude.
- probingly — with a probing approach
- proconsul — an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profiling — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.