9-letter words containing t, e, r, n, a, s
- notecards — An ambitious hypertext system developed at Xerox PARC, "designed to support the task of transforming a chaotic collection of unrelated thoughts into an integrated, orderly interpretation of ideas and their interconnections".
- numerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of numerate.
- observant — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- on stream — If something such as a new factory or a new system comes on stream or is brought on stream, it begins to operate or becomes available.
- on-stream — in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like: When the new printing press goes on-stream, we'll be able to print twice as many newspapers a day.
- ordinates — Plural form of ordinate.
- orientals — Plural form of oriental.
- orleanist — a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- ornaments — Plural form of ornament.
- ostracean — a member of the family formerly called Ostracea
- outreason — (transitive) To surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.
- overstain — to stain too much
- overstand — overreach (def 13).
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- paintress — a female painter
- pantdress — a dress with a divided skirt
- parentese — baby talk (def 2).
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- pasternak — Boris Leonidovich [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1960, Russian poet, novelist, and translator: declined 1958 Nobel prize.
- patroness — a woman who protects, supports, or sponsors someone or something.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patterson — Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- peronista — Peronist.
- personate — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- praeneste — ancient name of Palestrina.
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- quarterns — Plural form of quartern.
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- ranterism — a radical 17th-century Christian doctrine based on a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit and disregard of formal worship
- rat snake — any of several New and Old World colubrid snakes, of the genus Elaphe, that feed chiefly on small mammals and birds.
- reactants — a person or thing that reacts.
- reinstall — to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- reinstate — to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state: to reinstate the ousted chairman.
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- renascent — being reborn; springing again into being or vigor: a renascent interest in Henry James.
- resistant — resisting.
- resnatron — a tetrode with the grid connected to form a drift space for the electrons, formerly used to generate high power at very high frequency.
- resonator — anything that resonates.
- restaging — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- restained — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- restating — to state again or in a new way.
- restation — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
- resultant — that results; following as a result or consequence.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rosinante — the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- sacrament — Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.