9-letter words containing n, r, s
- attorneys — Plural form of attorney.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- attrahens — (of muscle) drawing or pulling towards
- auslander — (in a German-speaking country) a foreigner
- averments — Plural form of averment.
- aversions — Plural form of aversion.
- awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- axminster — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
- ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
- azureness — The quality of being azure in colour.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- balancers — Plural form of balancer.
- banisters — the railing and supporting balusters on a staircase; balustrade
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- bankrolls — Plural form of bankroll.
- bankrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt.
- bannerets — Plural form of banneret.
- bannerols — Plural form of bannerol.
- bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- bar snack — a light quick meal, such as a sandwich or pie, served in a bar
- bar-spoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- barasinga — a species of deer, Cervus duvaucelii, native to India and Nepal, known for the many-pointed nature of its antlers
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barminess — the quality of being barmy; craziness
- barnacles — nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- barnyards — Plural form of barnyard.
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- barrancas — Plural form of barranca.
- bartizans — Plural form of bartizan.
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- bass horn — an obsolete wind instrument of low range
- beaneries — Plural form of beanery.
- bearnaise — rich sauce made from egg yolks, lemon juice or wine vinegar, butter, shallots, herbs, and seasoning
- bearskins — Plural form of bearskin.
- bedspring — a spring that supports a mattress
- bemonster — to treat as a monster
- benchrest — a tablelike support for a target rifle used in target practice.
- bentgrass — any perennial grass of the genus Agrostis, esp A. tenuis, which has a spreading panicle of tiny flowers. Some species are planted for hay or in lawns
- berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- bernstein — Leonard. 1918–90, US conductor and composer, whose works include The Age of Anxiety (1949), the score of the musical West Side Story (1957), and Mass (1971)
- biosensor — a biological device used to detect specific chemical presence
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- bowstring — the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- brainless — If you describe someone or something as brainless, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- brainsick — relating to or caused by insanity; crazy; mad
- brainstem — the stalklike part of the brain consisting of the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the pons Varolii
- brainwash — If you brainwash someone, you force them to believe something by continually telling them that it is true, and preventing them from thinking about it properly.