9-letter words containing o, g, n, r
- revolving — that revolves: a revolving table top.
- reworking — revised version
- rheingold — See The Ring of the Nibelung.
- rhigolene — a petroleum distillate intermediate between cymogene and gasoline, formerly used to produce local anesthesia by freezing.
- rhinology — the science dealing with the nose and its diseases.
- right now — at this precise moment
- ring buoy — a ring-shaped life preserver.
- ring road — motorway around a city
- 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.
- ring tone — The ring tone is the sound made by a telephone, especially a mobile phone, when it rings.
- río negro — a river in NW South America, flowing SE from E Colombia through N Brazil into the Amazon. 1400 miles (2255 km) long.
- road gang — a group of workers employed to repair or build roads.
- road sign — traffic notice
- rockingly — in a rocking manner
- rogations — solemn supplications, esp in a form of ceremony prescribed by the Church
- rompingly — in a romping manner
- root sign — the symbol √ placed before a number or quantity to indicate the extraction of a root, esp a square root. The value of a higher root is indicated by a raised digit in front of the symbol, as in 3√
- rosenberg — Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
- rosetting — abnormal leaf formation in a plant due to disease
- roughened — made rough
- roughhewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- roughneck — a rough, coarse person; a tough.
- roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- rub along — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- run along — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- sailoring — the occupation or duties of a sailor.
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sargon ii — died 705 b.c, king of Assyria 722–705.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- scorching — burning; very hot.
- scourging — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
- scourings — dirt or refuse removed by scouring.
- scrolling — computing: moving around screen
- scrounger — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- seigniory — the power or authority of a seignior.
- sermoning — the preaching of sermons
- shortgown — a short-skirted dress worn by women doing housework
- sigmatron — a machine for generating X-rays
- sign over — a token; indication.
- signatory — having signed, or joined in signing, a document: the signatory powers to a treaty.
- signboard — a board bearing a sign.
- signore's — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- signorial — relating to a signoria
- signorina — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a girl or unmarried woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- signorino — a conventional Italian title of respect for a young man.
- singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- skijoring — a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, generally by a horse.
- sloganeer — a person who creates and uses slogans frequently.
- snodgrass — W(illiam) D(ewitt) [duh-wit] /dəˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1926–2009, U.S. poet.
- snow ring — basket (def 8).