9-letter words containing a, o, r, i
- honoraria — a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set: The mayor was given a modest honorarium for delivering a speech to our club.
- hooraying — Present participle of hooray.
- horiatiki — a traditional Greek salad consisting of tomatoes, cucumber, onion, olives, and feta cheese
- horizonal — relating to the horizon
- hormisdas — Saint, died a.d. 523, pope 514–523.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- horsehair — a hair or the hair of a horse, especially from the mane or tail.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hortation — The act of exhorting, inciting, or giving advice; exhortation.
- hortative — hortatory.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
- hybridoma — a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
- hydration — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hydrazoic — noting or pertaining to hydrazoic acid; triazoic.
- hyperopia — a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness (opposed to myopia).
- hyperoxia — (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- iatrogeny — a disease caused by medical intervention or treatment
- iatrology — Medical science.
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- iceboater — a person who races iceboats, especially as a hobby or in competition.
- ideograms — Plural form of ideogram.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- idiocracy — Government that is based upon abstract theory.
- idiocrasy — idiosyncrasy.
- idiograms — Plural form of idiogram.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- idiolatry — Autolatry, or self worship.
- idolaters — Plural form of idolater.
- idolators — Plural form of idolator.
- idolatory — Misspelling of idolatry.
- ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- ignoramus — an extremely ignorant person.
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- ignorants — Plural form of ignorant.
- iminourea — guanidine.
- imitators — Plural form of imitator.
- immolator — One who offers in sacrifice.
- immorally — violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
- immortals — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
- important — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- in a word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- in accord — agreeing
- in favour — If you are in favour of something, you support it and think that it is a good thing.
- in reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- inamorata — a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.
- inamorato — a man who loves or is loved; male sweetheart or lover.
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.