9-letter words containing s, o, r, n
- argonauts — Classical Mythology. a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
- armstrong — Edwin Howard. 1890–1954, US electrical engineer; invented the superheterodyne radio receiver and the FM radio
- arnoldson — Klas Pontus [klahs pawn-tuh s] /klɑs ˈpɔn təs/ (Show IPA), 1844–1916, Swedish author and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1908.
- arsenious — of or containing arsenic in the trivalent state
- arsonists — Plural form of arsonist.
- ashburton — 1st Baron, Baring, Alexander.
- aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
- assorting — Present participle of assort.
- astronaut — An astronaut is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft.
- astronomy — Astronomy is the scientific study of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
- attorneys — Plural form of attorney.
- attornies — Plural form of attorny.
- aversions — Plural form of aversion.
- ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
- bankrolls — Plural form of bankroll.
- bannerols — Plural form of bannerol.
- bar-spoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- bass horn — an obsolete wind instrument of low range
- bemonster — to treat as a monster
- biosensor — a biological device used to detect specific chemical presence
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- bowstring — the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp
- brimstone — Brimstone is the same as sulphur.
- brimstony — of, relating to or resembling brimstone; sulphurous
- broadness — the state or character of being broad: the broadness of the ship; the broadness of his jokes.
- bromeosin — eosin (def 1).
- bronxites — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- brookings — Robert Somers [suhm-erz] /ˈsʌm ərz/ (Show IPA), 1850–1932, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.
- buhrstone — a hard tough rock containing silica, fossils, and cavities, formerly used as a grindstone
- burdenous — burdensome
- burrstone — buhrstone
- c rations — tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers
- cameroons — former region in W Africa consisting of two trust territories, French Cameroons (in 1960 forming the republic of Cameroon ) and British Cameroons (in 1961 divided between Cameroon and Nigeria)
- cancerous — Cancerous cells or growths are cells or growths that are the result of cancer.
- cankerous — having cankers
- canonries — Plural form of canonry.
- caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.
- carillons — Plural form of carillon.
- carnosaur — any of various large carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs of the group Carnosauria, including the allosaurs
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- carotenes — Plural form of carotene.
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.