9-letter words containing n, o, r, i, s
- organisms — Plural form of organism.
- organists — Plural form of organist.
- organizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of organize.
- 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.
- orientals — Plural form of oriental.
- originals — Plural form of original.
- orleanais — a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- orleanist — a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- orneriest — ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
- ostringer — astringer.
- outdrinks — Plural form of outdrink.
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- outspring — to spring out
- outsprint — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- outstrain — to strain or stretch too much
- ovenbirds — Plural form of ovenbird.
- overshine — to outshine: One star seemed to overshine all others.
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- oystering — any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- parsonish — like a parson
- pastoring — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pensioner — a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- peronista — Peronist.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- 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.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- phronesis — wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.
- pinedrops — a slender, leafless, parasitic North American plant, Pterospora andromedea, having nodding white to red flowers, found growing under pines.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- prevision — foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.
- prisonous — resembling a prison
- profusion — abundance; abundant quantity.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- prognosis — Medicine/Medical. a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery.