9-letter words containing r, o, s, e
- all-overs — a general feeling of unease and nervousness throughout the body (usually preceded by the).
- allcomers — all people who want to compete, join or take part, esp in a sporting event, as opposed to members of a specific group
- allostery — the condition of a protein (such as an enzyme) in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule at a site other than the chemically active one
- amortised — Finance. to liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund. to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
- amortizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amortize.
- anaerobes — Plural form of anaerobe.
- ancestors — Plural form of ancestor.
- anchoress — a female anchorite
- androcles — (in Roman legend) a slave whose life was spared in the arena by a lion from whose paw he had once extracted a thorn
- androgens — Plural form of androgen.
- androgeus — a son of Minos and Pasiphaë who fell victim to Athenian King Aegeus: in revenge, Minos waged war on the Athenians and forced them to send a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths to the Minotaur every nine years.
- androides — Dated form of android.
- androsace — any plant of the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having basal leaves and white or reddish flowers.
- anestrous — not showing estrus.
- angashore — a miserable person given to complaining
- anoestrus — a period of sexual inactivity between two periods of oestrus in many mammals
- anorexics — Plural form of anorexic.
- answer to — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
- anterooms — Plural form of anteroom.
- aphorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphorize.
- approvers — a person who approves.
- aprosexia — Inability to concentrate.
- arabinose — a pentose sugar in plant gums, esp of cedars and pines. It is used as a culture medium in bacteriology. Formula: C5H10O5
- aragonese — a native or inhabitant of Aragon
- arboreous — thickly wooded; having many trees
- arccosine — the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between 0 and π), the cosine of which is that argument: the inverse of the cosine function
- archstone — a wedge-shaped stone forming the curved part of an arch
- arcsecond — unit used in astronomy
- areopagus — the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens
- areostyle — (of columned buildings) having a wide intercolumniation equal to four or more diameters of one of the columns
- argentous — of or containing silver in the monovalent state
- aristotle — a bottle
- armorless — any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- armourers — Plural form of armourer.
- armouries — a drill hall used for training and as headquarters by a reserve unit of the armed forces
- aromatase — an enzyme that converts testosterone into an oestrogen
- aromatise — Alternative spelling of aromatize.
- arousable — able to be aroused
- arpeggios — Plural form of arpeggio.
- arrestors — Plural form of arrestor.
- arrogates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrogate.
- arrowless — having no arrows
- arseholed — very drunk
- arsenious — of or containing arsenic in the trivalent state
- art house — a motion-picture theater specializing in the exhibition of art films.
- art-house — An art-house film is a film that is intended to be a serious artistic work rather than a piece of popular entertainment.
- artemovsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- arthroses — Plural form of arthrosis.
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- ascospore — one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus