9-letter words containing r, e, o, i, n
- originate — to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages.
- orleanais — a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- orleanist — a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- orneriest — ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
- ornithine — an amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of arginine and occurring as an intermediate compound in the urea cycle of mammals.
- ortanique — A citrus fruit that is a cross between an orange and a tangerine, developed in Jamaica in the 1920s.
- orwellian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary work of George Orwell or the totalitarian future described in his antiutopian novel 1984 (1949).
- ostringer — astringer.
- otterbein — Philip William, 1726–1813, American clergyman, founder of the United Brethren, born in Germany.
- outlinear — relating to an outline
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- outridden — Past participle of outride.
- ovenbirds — Plural form of ovenbird.
- over-wind — to wind beyond the proper limit; wind too far: He must have overwound his watch.
- overawing — Present participle of overawe.
- overdoing — to do to excess; overindulge in: to overdo dieting.
- overdrink — Drink too much alcohol.
- overgoing — a crossing
- overgrain — to apply a grainy texture to
- overindex — (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
- overinked — printed using too much ink
- overlying — present participle of overlie.
- overnight — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overprint — Printing. to print additional material or another color on a form or sheet previously printed.
- overripen — to make or become too ripe
- overshine — to outshine: One star seemed to overshine all others.
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
- overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
- overtrain — to train excessively
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- oystering — any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- penniform — shaped like a feather; (esp of muscles) having fibres attached to the tendon in a feather-like fashion
- pensioner — a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- pepperoni — a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.
- perdition — a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- peronista — Peronist.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- persimmon — any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, especially D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement