9-letter words containing l, o, n, r
- groveling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- growingly — becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity: growing discontent among industrial workers.
- gyrfalcon — a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white, gray, or blackish color phases: now greatly reduced in number.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- hand-roll — (jargon) (From mainstream slang "hand-rolled cigarette" in opposition to "ready-made") To perform a normally automated software installation or configuration process by hand; implies that the normal process failed due to bugs or was defeated by something exceptional in the local environment. "The worst thing about being a gateway between four different nets is having to hand-roll a new sendmail configuration every time any of them upgrades."
- hard loan — a foreign loan which is to be paid back in an agreed currency which has stability and economic strength
- heilbronn — a city in N Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- heliborne — transported by helicopter: heliborne troops.
- helsingor — a seaport on NE Zealand, in NE Denmark: the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- helsingør — a port in NE Denmark, in NE Zealand: site of Kronborg Castle (16th century), famous as the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Pop: 35 002 (2004 est)
- heraklion — Iraklion
- hodiernal — (rare) Of or pertaining to the current day.
- holandric — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in males (opposed to hologynic).
- holderlin — Johann Christian Friedrich [yoh-hahn kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1843, German poet.
- hollander — John, 1929–2013, U.S. poet and critic.
- hollering — to cry aloud; shout; yell: Quit hollering into the phone.
- holocrine — (of a gland) releasing a secretion that is a product of disintegrating cells.
- honorable — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- honorably — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- honorless — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- horizonal — relating to the horizon
- hornbills — Plural form of hornbill.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- howlround — the condition, resulting in a howling noise, when sound from a loudspeaker is fed back into the microphone of a public-address or recording system
- hydrolant — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Atlantic Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- imploring — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- in clover — any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- in colour — If a film or television programme is in colour, it has been made so that you see the picture in all its colours, and not just in black, white, or grey.
- in flower — When a plant is in flower or when it has come into flower, its flowers have appeared and opened.
- in liquor — drunk; intoxicated
- in revolt — in the process or state of rebelling
- inclosers — Plural form of incloser.
- inclosure — enclosure.
- inflictor — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- ingersoll — Robert Green, 1833–99, U.S. lawyer, political leader, and orator.
- inhalator — an apparatus designed to mix carbon dioxide and oxygen, especially for use in artificial respiration.
- innersole — insole.
- innholder — innkeeper.
- inrolling — Present participle of inroll.
- insulator — Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
- interflow — to flow into each other; intermingle.
- interfold — to fold one within another; fold together.
- interloan — a loan between one library and another
- interlock — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- interloop — Between loops.
- interlope — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- intraoral — Within the mouth.
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- iprindole — a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C19H28N2