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There are 18 nine-letter words containing THORN

BETHORNED	• BETHORN v. to fill with thorns.
BOXTHORNS	• boxthorns n. Plural of boxthorn. • BOXTHORN n. a thorny shrub with red berries.
BUCKTHORN	• buckthorn n. Any of several, often thorny shrubs or small trees, especially. • BUCKTHORN n. a shrub of the Rhamnus genus.
FIRETHORN	• firethorn n. A plant of the genus Pyracantha; the pyracantha. • FIRETHORN n. a flowering shrub, aka pyracantha.
HAWTHORNS	• hawthorns n. Plural of hawthorn. • Hawthorns prop.n. Plural of Hawthorn. • HAWTHORN n. a small tree of the rose family, widely used for hedges.
HAWTHORNY	• hawthorny adj. Resembling hawthorns, hawthorn-like. • hawthorny adj. Of, or pertaining to, hawthorns. • hawthorny adj. Full of hawthorns.
LANTHORNS	• lanthorns n. Plural of lanthorn. • LANTHORN n. (obsolete) a lantern, from folk etymology deriving from use of horn in lanterns.
SHORTHORN	• shorthorn adj. Describing cattle that have distinctively short horns. • shorthorn n. One of a breed of cattle, originating in England, with distinctively short horns (in contrast to longhorn cattle). • SHORTHORN n. a breed of sheep.
SLOETHORN	• SLOETHORN n. the blackthorn, also SLOEBUSH, SLOETREE.
THORNBACK	• thornback n. Any animal with a thorny back, especially marine animals, such as… • thornback n. (Archaic) A woman over a certain age (variously 26 or 30) who has never married, older than a spinster. • THORNBACK n. a kind of skate having thornlike spines on its back, aka roker.
THORNBILL	• thornbill n. Any of the passerine birds of the genus Acanthiza, native to Australia. • thornbill n. Any of the hummingbirds of the genera Chalcostigma and Ramphomicron, native to the Americas. • THORNBILL n. any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds, which have a long, slender, sharp bill.
THORNBIRD	• thornbird n. A small South American bird (Anumbius annumbi) that builds a large and complex nest of twigs and thorns. • THORNBIRD n. any of several tropical birds of the genus Phacellodomus that construct large globe-shaped nests.
THORNBUSH	• thornbush n. Any of many thorny or spiny shrubs and bushes. • THORNBUSH n. a bush bearing thorns.
THORNIEST	• thorniest adj. Superlative form of thorny: most thorny. • THORNY adj. full of thorns.
THORNLESS	• thornless adj. Without thorns. • THORNLESS adj. without thorns.
THORNLIKE	• thornlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a thorn; pointed, acuate. • THORNLIKE adj. like a thorn.
THORNTAIL	• thorntail n. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Discosura. • THORNTAIL n. a tropical American hummingbird with bright green plumage.
THORNTREE	• thorn-tree n. Alternative form of thorn tree. • thorn␣tree n. A common name for any tree which has leaves like thorns, especially the acacia. • THORNTREE n. any tree bearing thorns.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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