9-letter words containing s, e, r, n
- intrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- intrusted — entrust.
- inventors — Plural form of inventor.
- inverness — Also called Invernessshire [in-ver-nes-sheer, -sher] /ˌɪn vərˈnɛs ʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in NW Scotland.
- inversely — in an inverse manner.
- inversing — reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- inversion — an act or instance of inverting.
- inversive — noting, pertaining to, or characterized by inversion.
- invertase — an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- inverters — Plural form of inverter.
- investors — Plural form of investor.
- investure — (obsolete) To clothe; to invest.
- irateness — The state of being irate.
- irenicism — the promotion and support of peace and conciliation
- ironsides — a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
- ironstone — any iron-bearing mineral or rock with siliceous impurities.
- isenergic — denoting equal energy
- isentrope — a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- islanders — Plural form of islander.
- isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- janitress — a woman who is a janitor.
- japanners — Plural form of japanner.
- jargonise — Alternative form of jargonize.
- jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
- jerkiness — characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
- jerseyman — a native or inhabitant of the island of Jersey.
- jespersen — (Jens) Otto (Harry) [yens ot-oh hahr-ee] /yɛns ˈɒt oʊ ˈhɑr i/ (Show IPA), 1860–1943, Danish philologist.
- jesserant — a flexible coat of armour consisting of small metal plates sewn onto cloth
- jetliners — Plural form of jetliner.
- jointress — a woman on whom a jointure has been settled.
- jointures — Plural form of jointure.
- jonesboro — a city in NE Arkansas.
- jongleurs — Plural form of jongleur.
- junctures — a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- junkerism — the spirit or policy of the Junkers.
- jusserand — Jean (Adrien Antoine) Jules [zhahn a-dree-ahn ahn-twan zhyl] /ʒɑ̃ a driˈɑ̃ ɑnˈtwan ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, French diplomat, historian, and essayist.
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
- kerbstone — one of the stones, or a range of stones, forming a curb, as along a street.
- kerplunks — Plural form of kerplunk.
- keynoters — Plural form of keynoter.
- keystoner — a native or inhabitant of Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- kissinger — Henry A(lfred) born 1923, U.S. statesman, born in Germany: secretary of state 1973–77; Nobel Peace Prize 1973.
- kniferest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- knucklers — Plural form of knuckler.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- la serena — a seaport in central Chile.
- lamenters — Plural form of lamenter.
- lancaster — the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York (def 1).