9-letter words containing n, o, r, i, s
- prolusion — a preliminary written article.
- promising — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- propontis — Marmara
- proposing — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- 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.
- prosiness — of the nature of or resembling prose.
- prosodian — a person skilled in prosody
- prosthion — the most forward projecting point of the anterior surface of the upper jaw, in the midsagittal plane.
- protistan — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- purposing — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- radionics — a dowsing technique using a pendulum to detect the energy fields that are emitted by all forms of matter
- raffinose — a colorless, crystalline trisaccharide, C 1 8 H 3 2 O 1 6 ⋅5H 2 O, with little or no sweetness, occurring in the sugar beet, cottonseed, etc., and breaking down to fructose, glucose, and galactose on hydrolysis.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- raskolnik — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- rawlinson — George, 1812–1902, English historian.
- reasoning — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- recension — an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- recession — a return of ownership to a former possessor.
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- recognise — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconsign — to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
- recosting — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
- recursion — the process of defining a function or calculating a number by the repeated application of an algorithm.
- refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- remission — the act of remitting.
- remoisten — to moisten again, to add new moisture to
- renourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- resection — Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
- resinosis — excessive production and/or outflow of resin in conifers due to disease or damage
- resoiling — to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resorting — to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- restation — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- retorsion — retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.
- retrusion — the act of moving a tooth backward.
- reversion — the act of turning something the reverse way.
- revulsion — a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike: Cruelty fills me with revulsion.
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rhodopsin — a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
- ring spot — any of various plant diseases caused by a virus or fungus and characterized by concentric rings of discoloration or necrosis on the leaves.
- road sign — traffic notice
- rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
- rodzinski — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1958, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- rogations — solemn supplications, esp in a form of ceremony prescribed by the Church
- romanised — to make Roman Catholic.
- roominess — affording ample room; spacious; large.