9-letter words containing r, e, g, i, n
- lingering — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- littering — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- lohengrin — the son of Parzival, and a knight of the Holy Grail.
- loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- longliner — a commercial fishing vessel that uses a longline.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.
- lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- magaziner — Someone who writes for a magazine.
- magnifier — a person or thing that magnifies.
- malingers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of malinger.
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- mammering — to stammer or mutter.
- margarine — a butterlike product made of refined vegetable oils, sometimes blended with animal fats, and emulsified, usually with water or milk.
- marginate — having a margin.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- marveling — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- massinger — Philip, 1583–1640, English dramatist: collaborated with John Fletcher.
- mastering — a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
- mattering — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- measuring — Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
- menagerie — a collection of wild or unusual animals, especially for exhibition.
- menninger — Charles Frederick, 1862–1953, and his sons Karl Augustus, 1893–1990, and William Claire, 1899–1966, U.S. psychiatrists.
- mentoring — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- meringues — Plural form of meringue.
- mid-range — You can use mid-range to describe products or services which are neither the most expensive nor the cheapest of their type.
- migraines — Plural form of migraine.
- ming tree — any of various trees or shrubs used in bonsai arrangements, especially when shaped to have flat-topped, asymmetrical branches.
- misgender — to refer to or address (a person, especially one who is transgender) with a pronoun, noun, or adjective that inaccurately represents the person's gender or gender identity: At first my teacher misgendered me.
- misgovern — to govern or manage badly.
- mistering — (initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- mithering — Present participle of mither.
- moldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- monergism — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- mongering — a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination): a gossipmonger.
- morganite — rose-colored beryl.
- mothering — a female parent.
- murdering — Present participle of murder.
- mustering — Present participle of muster.
- muttering — to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.
- narguileh — hookah
- nattering — to talk incessantly; chatter.
- naughtier — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- necrosing — Present participle of necrose.
- negritude — the historical, cultural, and social heritage considered common to black people collectively.
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- neighbors — Plural form of neighbor.
- neighbour — a person who lives near another.
- neuralgia — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.