9-letter words containing s, e, r, n
- monoceros — (obsolete) a unicorn.
- monoester — a single esterified polybasic acid.
- monsieurs — Plural form of monsieur.
- monstered — Simple past tense and past participle of monster.
- moonrises — Plural form of moonrise.
- mr. bones — the end man in a minstrel troupe who plays the bones.
- murkiness — dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- muscarine — a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.
- mustanger — a person who engages in mustanging.
- muster in — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- mustering — Present participle of muster.
- mutineers — A person, esp. a soldier or sailor, who rebels or refuses to obey the orders of a person in authority.
- mycerinus — king of ancient Egypt c2600–2570 b.c.: builder of the third great pyramid at ·El· Giza.
- mykerinos — Mycerinus.
- nanopores — Plural form of nanopore.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.
- narrowest — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- narthexes — Plural form of narthex.
- naseberry — the fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
- navicerts — Plural form of navicert.
- naysayers — Plural form of naysayer.
- near east — an indefinite geographical or regional term, usually referring to the countries of SW Asia, including Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia and the other nations of the Arabian Peninsula. Compare Middle East (def 1).
- near miss — a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
- nearshore — extending from or occurring along a shore.
- nebraskan — of or relating to Nebraska.
- nebuliser — Alternative spelling of nebulizer.
- necessary — being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
- neckverse — a verse read to prove clergy membership, esp Psalm 51
- necrosing — Present participle of necrose.
- necrotise — to undergo necrosis.
- nectaries — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neighbors — Plural form of neighbor.
- neisseria — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Neisseria, certain species of which, as N. gonorrhoeae, are pathogenic for humans.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- neomorphs — Plural form of neomorph.
- neoterism — an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
- neoterist — a person who is keen on innovation and novelty
- nephritis — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
- nerdiness — the quality of being nerdy
- nerve gas — any of several poison gases, derived chiefly from phosphoric acid, that weaken or paralyze the nervous system, especially that part of the system controlling respiration.
- nerveless — without nervousness, as in emergencies; calm; collected.
- nerviness — The characteristic of being nervy.
- nervosity — the quality of being nervous; nervousness.
- nervously — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- nestorian — one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- nestorius — died a.d. 451? Syrian ecclesiastic: patriarch of Constantinople 428–431.