9-letter words containing n, o, s, e, d
- endosmose — osmosis in which water enters a cell or organism from the surrounding solution
- endosomal — Of or pertaining to an endosome.
- endosomes — Plural form of endosome.
- endosperm — The part of a seed that acts as a food store for the developing plant embryo, usually containing starch with protein and other nutrients.
- endospore — A resistant asexual spore that develops inside some bacteria cells.
- endosteum — (biology) A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone.
- endostyle — (zoology) A longitudinal ciliated groove on the ventral wall of the pharynx which produces mucus to gather food particles, found in urochordates and cephalochordates and in the larvae of lampreys.
- endpoints — Plural form of endpoint.
- engrossed — Having all one's attention or interest absorbed by someone or something.
- ensconced — Establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe, or secret place.
- enshrouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enshroud.
- escondido — city in S Calif., near San Diego: pop. 134,000
- esdraelon — a plain in N Israel, east of Mount Carmel
- euro-isdn — European Integrated Services Digital Network. An ETSI standard for Integrated Services Digital Network being phased in in March 1994. Euro-ISDN will allow full transparent interworking between all European countries (members of the CEPT). It is available on a commercial basis in most European countries.
- even odds — a bet in which the potential winnings are the same amount as the original stake.
- fashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of fashion.
- festooned — a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
- fissioned — split or broken into parts
- flounders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounder.
- forehands — Plural form of forehand.
- forelands — Plural form of foreland.
- foundress — a woman who establishes something, as an institution or religious order; founder.
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- frondesce — To unfold leaves, as plants.
- frontside — Denoting a maneuver in surfing and other board sports that is done counterclockwise for a regular rider and clockwise for a goofy rider.
- gasconade — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- genocides — Plural form of genocide.
- gladstone — William Ewart [yoo-ert] /ˈyu ərt/ (Show IPA), 1809–98, British statesman: prime minister four times between 1868 and 1894.
- gneissoid — resembling gneiss.
- godliness — conforming to the laws and wishes of God; devout; pious.
- goldstone — aventurine.
- good news — someone or something that is positive, encouraging, uplifting, desirable, or the like.
- goodiness — the quality of being a goody
- goodnesse — Obsolete spelling of goodness.
- goosander — a common merganser, Mergus merganser, of Eurasia and North America.
- goosedown — Down from a goose.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grounders — Plural form of grounder.
- groundsel — groundsill.
- handovers — Plural form of handover.
- handsomer — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- handsomes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsome.
- hard-nose — a person who is tough, practical, and unsentimental, especially in business: We need a hard-nose to run the department.
- hardnosed — Describing a person who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
- hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
- headnotes — Plural form of headnote.
- headstone — a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.
- hedonists — Plural form of hedonist.
- henderson — Arthur, 1863–1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1934.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.