9-letter words containing m, o, n, r, i, s
- missioner — a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.
- modernise — to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
- modernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- modernist — a person who follows or favors modern ways, tendencies, etc.
- moistener — Something used to moisten, especially a cosmetic.
- monergism — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- monitress — a female student who helps keep order or assists a teacher in school.
- monorails — Plural form of monorail.
- monsieurs — Plural form of monsieur.
- monsignor — a title conferred upon certain prelates.
- moonrises — Plural form of moonrise.
- mormonism — the popular name given to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- mortising — Present participle of mortise.
- mournings — Plural form of mourning.
- murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
- mykerinos — Mycerinus.
- myrmidons — Plural form of myrmidon.
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- neoterism — an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- normalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of normalize.
- omniverse — A number of supposedly co-existing universes.
- omnivores — Plural form of omnivore.
- orangeism — the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- organisms — Plural form of organism.
- orgasming — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- persimmon — any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, especially D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- promising — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- prosimian — belonging or pertaining to the primate suborder Prosimii, characterized by nocturnal habits, a long face with a moist snout, prominent whiskers, large mobile ears, and large, slightly sideways-facing eyes, comprising the lemur, loris, potto, bush baby, and aye-aye. Compare anthropoid.
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- remission — the act of remitting.
- remoisten — to moisten again, to add new moisture to
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- roominess — affording ample room; spacious; large.
- routinism — adherence to routine.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
- sensorium — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- sermoning — the preaching of sermons
- sermonise — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- sigmatron — a machine for generating X-rays
- spiniform — like a thorn or spine
- strontium — a bivalent, metallic element whose compounds resemble those of calcium, found in nature only in the combined state, as in strontianite: used in fireworks, flares, and tracer bullets. Symbol: Sr; atomic weight: 87.62; atomic number: 38; specific gravity: 2.6.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- syndromic — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- torminous — suffering from tormina
- trasimeno — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).