9-letter words containing ns
- offensive — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- omissions — Plural form of omission.
- onionskin — a thin, lightweight, translucent, glazed paper, used especially for making carbon copies.
- onsetting — the action of attacking or assaulting
- onshoring — the practice of employing white-collar workers from abroad
- onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
- opticians — Plural form of optician.
- ostensive — clearly or manifestly demonstrative.
- ostensory — monstrance.
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- ouspensky — Peter Demianovich [pee-ter di-myah-nuh-vich;; Russian pyawtr dyi-myah-nuh-vyich] /ˈpi tər dɪˈmyɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈpyɔtr dyɪˈmyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1878–1947, Russian philosopher and author.
- owensboro — a city in NW Kentucky, on the Ohio River.
- pansexual — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
- parthians — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
- penseroso — a pensive, brooding, or thoughtful person
- pensioner — a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- pensively — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- penstemon — any of numerous chiefly North American plants belonging to the genus Penstemon, of the figwort family, some species of which are cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers.
- pentosans — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- perforans — (of nerves, muscles, or blood vessels) perforating or penetrating other anatomical structures
- phansigar — a person from East India who operates as a thief and a murderer
- pinsetter — a mechanical apparatus in a bowling alley that places all of the pins into position at one time and removes pins that have been knocked down.
- pinstripe — a very thin stripe, especially in fabrics.
- plainsman — an inhabitant of the plains.
- plainsong — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- plansheer — plancer.
- precensor — to censor (a film, play, book, etc) before its publication
- prehensor — a part that grasps
- preinsert — to insert beforehand
- proconsul — an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.
- quadroons — Plural form of quadroon.
- quarterns — Plural form of quartern.
- quatrains — Plural form of quatrain.
- queenship — the state, office, or dignity of a queen.
- queenside — the side of the board on which the queen is positioned at the start of a game, left for white and right for black.
- questions — Plural form of question.
- quintains — Plural form of quintain.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- ransacker — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- rawlinson — George, 1812–1902, English historian.
- re-answer — to answer (a question, etc) again
- re-insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.