Phrase Hound found 105 phrases and 83 compound words that contain nine. The most common are listed below. Open nine in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 105
- nine hundredThe cardinal number occurring after eight hundred ninety-nine and before nine hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 900. Ordinal: nine-hundredth.
- Nine Months
- twenty-nineThe cardinal number immediately following twenty-eight and preceding thirty.
- nine thousandcardinal number between eight thousand nine hundred ninety nine and nine thousand and one
- thirty-nineThe cardinal number immediately following thirty-eight and preceding forty.
- nine to fiveFrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Nine MileA town in the parish of Saint Ann, Jamaica.
- sixty-nineThe cardinal number immediately following sixty-eight and preceding seventy.
- forty-nineThe cardinal number immediately following forty-eight and preceding fifty.
- fifty-nineThe cardinal number immediately following fifty-eight and preceding sixty.
- cloud nineOften in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness.
- ninety-nineThe cardinal number immediately following ninety-eight and preceding one hundred.
- Nine Days
- Nine Percent
- seventy-nineThe cardinal number immediately following seventy-eight and preceding eighty.
- Nine Times
- eighty-nineThe cardinal number immediately following eighty-eight and preceding ninety.
- five and nineBasic facial greasepaint makeup.
- nine livesDurability; near immunity to damage; remarkable ability to survive.
- nine-day wonderSomething that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned.
- nine-dash lineA set of line segments on various maps that have accompanied the claims of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China to various contested areas in the South China Sea.
- Planet NineA theoretical ninth planet in the Solar system, the gravitational effects of which would explain the improbable orbital configuration of a group of trans-Neptunian objects that orbit mostly beyond the Kuiper belt.
- nine o'clockThe start of the tenth hour of the day; 9:00 a.m. (09:00).
- nine men's morrisAn ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces.
- five-nineA 5.9-inch artillery shell of the kind used by Germany in World War I.
Compound words 83
- ninthThe ordinal form of the number nine.
- ninetyThe cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.
- nineteenThe cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
- ninerSomething nine inches long, or holding nine gallons, etc.
- ninefoldHaving nine times as much or as many.
- ninesomeA group of nine persons or things.
- nineholesA game in which each player bowls a ball towards nine holes in a board or the ground, scoring points according to which hole the ball enters.
- ninenessThe property of being nine in number.
- ninesiesA call in any children's game, such as jacks, where nine actions must be performed.
- ninebarkAny flowering plant of the genus Physocarpus.