9-letter words containing n, a, g, e, r
- asserting — Present participle of assert.
- assigners — Plural form of assigner.
- assurgent — (of leaves, stems, etc) curving or growing upwards; rising
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- astringer — a styptic or constrictive substance
- asynergia — lack of coordination between muscles or parts, as occurs in cerebellar disease
- aubergine — An aubergine is a vegetable with a smooth, dark purple skin.
- augmenter — a person or thing that augments.
- augmentor — a person or thing that augments.
- aurangzeb — 1618–1707, Mogul emperor of Hindustan (1658–1707), whose reign marked both the height of Mogul prosperity and the decline of its power through the revolts of the Marathas
- aurungzeb — Aurangzeb
- averaging — Present participle of average.
- badgering — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- baignoire — a theatre box on the lowest level
- banbridge — a district in S Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 43 083 (2003 est). Area: 442 sq km (170 sq miles)
- bangalore — a city in S India, capital of Karnataka state: printing, textiles, pharmaceuticals. Pop: 4 292 223 (2001)
- bantering — teasing or facetious, or characterized by facetiousness
- barbering — The trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.
- bargained — Simple past tense and past participle of bargain.
- bargainer — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- battering — If something takes a battering, it suffers very badly as a result of a particular event or action.
- beggaring — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- bengaluru — a state in S India. 70,051 sq. mi. (191,791 sq. km). Capital: Bengaluru.
- bentgrass — any perennial grass of the genus Agrostis, esp A. tenuis, which has a spreading panicle of tiny flowers. Some species are planted for hay or in lawns
- bereaving — to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
- bergander — a species of European duck; sheldrake
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- boulanger — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
- breaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breathing — the passage of air into and out of the lungs to supply the body with oxygen
- bridgeman — a person who works on a bridge or on the construction of bridges.
- bundaberg — a town in E Australia, near the E coast of Queensland: centre of a sugar-growing area, with a nearby deep-water port. Pop: 44 556 (2001)
- bunkerage — the act of bunkering a vessel.
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- cankering — a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
- cantering — an easy gallop.
- caragheen — Alternative form of carrageen.
- careenage — (nautical) a beach with a steep, sandy shoreline on which a ship may be careened.
- careening — Present participle of careen.
- careering — an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- caressing — an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
- carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
- carrageen — an edible red seaweed, Chondrus crispus, of North America and N Europe