9-letter words containing n, e, s, t
- isolectin — Any of a number of closely related lectins that are difficult to separate, and act together.
- isooctane — the octane C 8 H 18 , used as one of the standards in establishing the octane number of a fuel.
- isopentyl — isoamyl.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- itchiness — having or causing an itching sensation.
- itemising — Present participle of itemise.
- jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
- jambstone — a stone, or one of the stones, forming one jamb of an opening.
- jamestown — a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
- janitress — a woman who is a janitor.
- jasmonate — a hormone that regulates plant growth
- jejunitis — (pathology) inflammation of the jejunum.
- jelutongs — Plural form of jelutong.
- jesselton — former name of Kota Kinabalu.
- jesserant — a flexible coat of armour consisting of small metal plates sewn onto cloth
- jestingly — Said, written or done in jest.
- jetliners — Plural form of jetliner.
- jettisons — Plural form of jettison.
- jointless — without a joint; lacking a joint.
- jointness — The state or quality of being joint.
- jointress — a woman on whom a jointure has been settled.
- jointures — Plural form of jointure.
- jonestown — a former settlement in N Guyana, NW of Georgetown: site of agricultural commune of an American religious cult called the People's Temple; mass suicide and murder 1978.
- judgments — Plural form of judgment.
- jumentous — Of, relating to, or smelling like horse urine.
- junctures — a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- kahn test — a test for syphilis based on the formation of a precipitate in a mixture of serum and antigen.
- katangese — a native or inhabitant of Katanga.
- kerbstone — one of the stones, or a range of stones, forming a curb, as along a street.
- keynoters — Plural form of keynoter.
- keystoner — a native or inhabitant of Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
- keystones — Plural form of keystone.
- kindliest — Superlative form of kindly.
- kinetosis — any condition caused by motion of the body, as seasickness.
- kittenish — coyly playful.
- kniferest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- knotholes — Plural form of knothole.
- knottiest — Superlative form of knotty.
- knotweeds — Plural form of knotweed.
- know best — to be the best guide, authority, etc.
- kunstlied — an art song, especially as distinguished from a folk song.
- lamenters — Plural form of lamenter.
- laminates — Plural form of laminate.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).
- lancelets — Plural form of lancelet.
- landsleit — fellow Jews; sometimes, specif., those from the same town or village in Europe as oneself
- langouste — spiny lobster.
- lankester — Sir Edwin Ray, 1847–1929, English zoologist and writer.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- last name — surname (def 1).