9-letter words containing s, o, n
- alfonso i — (Alfonso Henriques) 1109?–85, first king of Portugal 1139–85.
- alfonso v — 1432–81, king of Portugal 1438–81.
- alfonso x — ("Alfonso the Wise") 1221–84, king of Castile 1252–84.
- allantois — a membranous sac growing out of the ventral surface of the hind gut of embryonic reptiles, birds, and mammals. It combines with the chorion to form the mammalian placenta
- allusions — Plural form of allusion.
- almswoman — a woman who gives or receives alms
- aloneness — the state of being alone
- alongside — If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.
- aloofness — the quality or state of being aloof, distant, or reserved; indifference: His girlfriend's recent aloofness may be a sign that the relationship is over.
- alphonsus — a crater in the SE quadrant of the moon, about 112 km in diameter, in which volcanic activity may have occurred
- aluminous — resembling aluminium
- always-on — remaining available at all times
- amatoxins — Plural form of amatoxin.
- ambitions — an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues.
- ambrosian — exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.
- ammonites — a nomadic tribe living east of the Jordan: a persistent enemy of the Israelites
- ammonoids — Plural form of ammonoid.
- amornings — of a morning
- amplicons — Plural form of amplicon.
- amylopsin — an enzyme of the pancreatic juice that converts starch into sugar; pancreatic amylase
- anabiosis — the ability to return to life after apparent death; suspended animation
- anabolism — a metabolic process in which complex molecules are synthesized from simpler ones with the storage of energy; constructive metabolism
- anacondas — Plural form of anaconda.
- anacostia — a section of the District of Columbia, in the SE part.
- anaerobes — Plural form of anaerobe.
- analagous — Misspelling of analogous, common other spelling.
- analogies — A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
- analogise — to make use of analogy in reasoning, argument, etc.
- analogism — an argument or reason based on analogy
- analogist — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
- analogous — If one thing is analogous to another, the two things are similar in some way.
- analogues — Plural form of analogue.
- anandrous — (of flowers) having no stamens
- ananthous — (of higher plants) having no flowers
- anaphoras — Plural form of anaphora.
- anatomies — Plural form of anatomy.
- anatomise — to cut apart (an animal or plant) to show or examine the position, structure, and relation of the parts; display the anatomy of; dissect.
- anatomist — An anatomist is an expert in anatomy.
- ancestors — Plural form of ancestor.
- anchoress — a female anchorite
- anchovies — Plural form of anchovy.
- anchylose — ankylose
- and so on — You use and so on or and so forth at the end of a list to indicate that there are other items that you could also mention.
- 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.
- anecdotes — a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- anestrous — not showing estrus.