9-letter words containing r, i, g, o, s
- ossifrage — the lammergeier.
- ostringer — astringer.
- outrights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outright.
- outspring — to spring out
- oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
- overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
- 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.
- pastoring — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pergolesi — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1710–36, Italian composer.
- pogromist — a person who participates in a pogrom
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- prognosis — Medicine/Medical. a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery.
- prologist — a prologue writer or performer
- promising — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- proposing — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- purposing — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- reasoning — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- recognise — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconsign — to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
- recosting — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
- religiose — characterized by religiosity.
- religioso — a musical piece meant to be played devotionally
- religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- resoiling — to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resorting — to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rightmost — farthest to the right side
- 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.
- road sign — traffic notice
- rodgersia — a type of flowering plant which grows in shady and moist conditions
- rogations — solemn supplications, esp in a form of ceremony prescribed by the Church
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- roguishly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- 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√
- rosetting — abnormal leaf formation in a plant due to disease
- 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.
- 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
- seigniory — the power or authority of a seignior.
- semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
- sermoning — the preaching of sermons
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- show girl — a woman who appears in the chorus of a show, nightclub act, etc.
- sialogram — an X-ray of a salivary gland