9-letter words containing n, e, r
- auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
- aureation — (rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
- aurungzeb — Aurangzeb
- auslander — (in a German-speaking country) a foreigner
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- aventurin — Alternative form of aventurine.
- averaging — Present participle of average.
- averments — Plural form of averment.
- aversions — Plural form of aversion.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- axminster — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
- ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
- aztreonam — A synthetic monobactam originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum, similar in action to penicillin.
- azureness — The quality of being azure in colour.
- baboonery — uncouth or brutish behaviour
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- badgering — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- badinerie — a name given in the 18th century to a type of quick, light movement in a suite
- baignoire — a theatre box on the lowest level
- bairnlike — childlike
- balancers — Plural form of balancer.
- ball fern — a feathery fern, Davallia trichomanoides, of Malaysia, having rhizomes covered with toothed scales.
- ballerina — A ballerina is a woman ballet dancer.
- balzarine — a light cotton and wool fabric used for dress-making
- banbridge — a district in S Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 43 083 (2003 est). Area: 442 sq km (170 sq miles)
- band-role — a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.
- bandalore — an old-fashioned type of yo-yo
- bandbrake — a device used to measure the power of brakes
- bandelier — Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840–1914, U.S. anthropologist, archaeologist, and historian, born in Switzerland.
- banderole — a long narrow flag, usually with forked ends, esp one attached to the masthead of a ship; pennant
- bandoleer — a broad belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest, with pockets for carrying ammunition, etc.
- bandolero — a highwayman; a robber
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- baneberry — any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Actaea, esp A. spicata, which has small white flowers and red or white poisonous berries
- bangalore — a city in S India, capital of Karnataka state: printing, textiles, pharmaceuticals. Pop: 4 292 223 (2001)
- banisters — the railing and supporting balusters on a staircase; balustrade
- bank rate — The bank rate is the rate of interest at which a bank lends money, especially the minimum rate of interest that banks are allowed to charge, which is decided from time to time by the country's central bank.
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- banner ad — A banner ad is a large advertisement on a website that stretches across the top or down the side of the window. It usually contains a link to the advertiser's website.
- bannerets — Plural form of banneret.
- bannerman — a person who carries a flag or banner; standard-bearer.
- bannerols — Plural form of bannerol.
- bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- banqueter — A guest at a banquet.
- bantering — teasing or facetious, or characterized by facetiousness
- barbering — The trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.
- barberton — a city in NE Ohio.
- barbitone — a long-acting barbiturate used medicinally, usually in the form of the sodium salt, as a sedative or hypnotic