9-letter words containing a, r, l, i, c
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- practical — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- priceable — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- principal — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
- priscilla — a female given name: from a Roman family name.
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
- pyritical — relating to pyrites
- 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)
- 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