9-letter words containing n, r, s
- ancestral — You use ancestral to refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
- anchoress — a female anchorite
- anderssen — Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1818–79, German chess player: noted for the incisiveness of his combination play
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- androgens — Plural form of androgen.
- androgeus — a son of Minos and Pasiphaë who fell victim to Athenian King Aegeus: in revenge, Minos waged war on the Athenians and forced them to send a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths to the Minotaur every nine years.
- androides — Dated form of android.
- androsace — any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- anestrous — not showing estrus.
- aneurysms — Plural form of aneurysm.
- angashore — a miserable person given to complaining
- angerless — showing no sign of anger
- angostura — the bitter, aromatic bark of either of two South American citrus trees, Galipea officinalis or G. cusparia, used in medicine and in the preparation of liqueurs and bitters.
- angriness — the state or quality of being angry
- angstroms — Plural form of angstrom.
- anhydrase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of water
- anhydrous — containing no water, esp no water of crystallization
- animators — Plural form of animator.
- annexures — Plural form of annexure.
- anoestrus — a period of sexual inactivity between two periods of oestrus in many mammals
- anorakish — (British, informal) Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.
- anorchism — Anorchia.
- anorexics — Plural form of anorexic.
- anorgasmy — inability to experience sexual orgasm.
- ansgarius — Latin name of Ansgar.
- answer to — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
- answereth — Archaic third-person singular form of answer.
- answering — Present participle of answer.
- anteaters — Plural form of anteater.
- anterooms — Plural form of anteroom.
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- antimeres — Plural form of antimere.
- antipress — opposed to or acting against the press
- antiprism — A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
- antiquers — a person who takes a special interest in antiques; a collector of antiquities; antiquary.
- antiserum — blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
- antishark — designed to protect against shark attacks
- antisolar — facing in the opposite direction to the sun
- antistory — a story which does not conform to the established conventions of storytelling
- antitrust — In the United States, antitrust laws are intended to stop large firms taking over their competitors, fixing prices with their competitors, or interfering with free competition in any way.
- antivirus — a piece of software designed to prevent viruses entering a computer system or network
- antshrike — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Thamnophilus, superficially resembling the shrike.
- anywheres — in, at, or to any place.
- apartness — the quality of being apart
- aperients — Plural form of aperient.
- apertness — the quality of being apert
- apprising — appraise.
- apronfuls — Plural form of apronful.
- arabinose — a pentose sugar in plant gums, esp of cedars and pines. It is used as a culture medium in bacteriology. Formula: C5H10O5
- arachnids — Plural form of arachnid.