9-letter words containing o, r, e, n, s
- foscarnet — a drug used to treat herpes viruses
- fostering — Encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).
- foundress — a woman who establishes something, as an institution or religious order; founder.
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- fourteens — Plural form of fourteen.
- freemason — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- freestone — a fruit having a stone to which the flesh does not cling, as certain peaches and plums.
- frescoing — Present participle of fresco.
- frondesce — To unfold leaves, as plants.
- frontages — Plural form of frontage.
- frontenis — a Latin American game, resembling squash, played with rackets and a hard rubber ball on a three-walled court similar to a jai alai court.
- frontiers — Plural form of frontier.
- frontless — shameless; unblushing.
- frontlets — Plural form of frontlet.
- frontside — Denoting a maneuver in surfing and other board sports that is done counterclockwise for a regular rider and clockwise for a goofy rider.
- frontwise — Toward the front; in the direction of the front; frontward.
- frostline — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- gaberones — former name of Gaborone.
- germanous — containing bivalent germanium.
- germiston — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- gingerous — (of hair) reddish
- goosander — a common merganser, Mergus merganser, of Eurasia and North America.
- gorgonise — turn to stone
- governers — Plural form of governer.
- governess — a woman who is employed to take charge of a child's upbringing, education, etc.
- governors — Plural form of governor.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granulose — granular.
- graystone — (uncountable) A type of gray, volcanic rock, typically containing feldspar and iron.
- greenshoe — (finance) An option that allows underwriters to short-sell shares in a registered securities offering at the offering price.
- greensome — a match for two pairs in which each of the four players tees off and after selecting the better drive the partners of each pair play that ball alternately
- greystone — a grey igneous rock of volcanic origin
- gritstone — A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser.
- groomsmen — Plural form of groomsman.
- grossness — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grosvenor — Gilbert Hovey, 1875–1966, U.S. geographer, writer, and editor.
- grounders — Plural form of grounder.
- groundsel — groundsill.
- gunperson — (rare) A gunman or gunwoman.
- 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.
- hangerson — a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.
- hangovers — Plural form of hangover.
- 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.
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- helsingor — a seaport on NE Zealand, in NE Denmark: the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- henderson — Arthur, 1863–1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1934.