9-letter words containing a, c, l, i
- rachidial — Botany. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. any of various axial structures.
- rachillae — Plural form of rachilla.
- racialise — to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
- racialism — racism.
- racialist — racism.
- racialize — to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
- rack rail — (in an inclined-plane or mountain-climbing railway) a rail between the running rails having cogs or teeth with which cogwheels on the locomotive engage.
- rackingly — in a racking manner
- radcliffe — Ann (Ward) 1764–1823, English writer of Gothic romances.
- radically — with regard to origin or root.
- radicular — Botany. of or relating to a radicle or root.
- ranchlike — resembling or characteristic of a ranch
- rascalism — the traits or character of a rascal
- rascality — rascally or knavish character or conduct.
- reacclaim — to acclaim again
- realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- recalling — to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
- recitable — to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner: to recite a lesson.
- reclaimer — to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use.
- reclinate — bending or curved downward.
- recruital — an act of recruiting
- regicidal — the killing of a king.
- replacing — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- replicant — an android that is indistinguishable from a human being
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- replicate — Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
- reticella — a form of lace popular from the 15th to the 17th centuries
- reticular — having the form of a net; netlike.
- revictual — to victual or provide with food again
- rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk
- rice coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 3/16 to 5/16 inch (about 0.5 to 0.8 cm).
- rio claro — a city in São Paulo state, in SE Brazil.
- roubiliac — Louis-François (lwifrɑ̃swa). ?1695–1762, French sculptor: lived chiefly in England: his sculptures include the statue of Handel in Vauxhall Gardens (1737)
- sackville — Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1536–1608, English statesman and poet.
- sacralgia — a pain in the sacrum
- sacralise — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sacrality — sacredness
- sacralize — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sacrarial — relating to a sacrarium
- sacrilege — the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred.
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- salacious — lustful or lecherous.
- saliaunce — an onslaught
- salic law — a code of laws of the Salian Franks and other Germanic tribes, especially a provision in this code excluding females from the inheritance of land.
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- salicylic — of or derived from salicylic acid.
- salt lick — a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits.
- saluretic — of or relating to a substance that promotes renal excretion of sodium and chloride ions.
- satirical — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- satyrical — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.