9-letter words containing s, e, r, a, n, o
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- sarcosine — a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
- sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
- scenarios — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- sea front — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- sea robin — any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- semantron — a bar struck instead of a bell in an Orthodox church
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sensorial — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- serbonian — of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- seriation — the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- serranoid — resembling or related to the sea bass family Serranidae.
- serration — serrated condition or form.
- singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- sloganeer — a person who creates and uses slogans frequently.
- snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
- sokemanry — tenure of land subject to the soke of someone else.
- solutrean — Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- sonnetary — relating to sonnets
- sörenstam — Annika (ˈænɪka). born 1970, Swedish golfer; winner of the US Women's Open (1995, 1996, 2006), the LPGA Championship (2003, 2004, 2005), and the British Women's Open (2003)
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- squadrone — a former Scottish political party, active in the last parliament of Scotland before the Act of Union, in the early 18th century
- standover — practising or relating to acts of threatening, intimidating or extorting money from people by force
- starstone — a precious stone which has been cut in such a way that it reflects light in a starlike pattern
- stationer — a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- stoneware — a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.
- supernova — the explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse, during which the star's luminosity increases by as much as 20 magnitudes and most of the star's mass is blown away at very high velocity, sometimes leaving behind an extremely dense core.
- tornadoes — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- transcode — (language) An early system on the Ferut computer.
- transpose — to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
- trasimeno — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- unaroused — to stir to action or strong response; excite: to arouse a crowd; to arouse suspicion.
- unroasted — not roasted or cooked over dry heat
- urokinase — an enzyme, present in the blood and urine of mammals, that activates plasminogen and is used medicinally to dissolve blood clots.
- wagoneers — Plural form of wagoneer.
- watterson — Henry ("Marse Henry") 1840–1921, U.S. journalist and political leader.
- womaniser — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of womanizer.