9-letter words containing c, s, r
- incretins — Plural form of incretin.
- incrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of incross.
- incrosses — Plural form of incross.
- incrusted — Alternative spelling of encrusted.
- incurious — not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
- incursion — a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory, especially a sudden one; raid: The bandits made brief incursions on the village.
- incursive — making incursions.
- inductors — Plural form of inductor.
- infectors — Plural form of infector.
- injectors — Plural form of injector.
- innsbruck — an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- inscribed — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- inscriber — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- inscribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inscribe.
- insectary — a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- inservice — taking place while one is employed: an in-service training program.
- insincere — not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
- inspecter — Archaic form of inspector.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- instructs — (informal) shortened form of instructions.
- insurance — the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health, etc, against specified contingencies, such as death, loss, or damage, and involving payment of regular premiums in return for a policy guaranteeing such protection
- interacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interact.
- intercoms — Plural form of intercom.
- intersect — to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
- intrinsic — belonging to a thing by its very nature: the intrinsic value of a gold ring.
- irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irascibly — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irenicism — the promotion and support of peace and conciliation
- iron-sick — noting a wooden hull, fastened with iron, in which chemical interaction between the iron and the wood has resulted in the decay of both; nail-sick.
- ironclads — Plural form of ironclad.
- isenergic — denoting equal energy
- isocarpic — having carpels equal in number to the other floral parts.
- isochoric — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- isochrony — the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- isocratic — a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- isohydric — having the same acidity or hydrogen-ion concentration
- isometric — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isosteric — Chemistry. having the same number of valence electrons in the same configuration but differing in the kinds and numbers of atoms.
- isotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- jack rose — a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime or lemon juice, and grenadine.
- jackscrew — a jack for lifting, consisting of a screw steadied by a threaded support and carrying a plate or other part bearing the load.
- jackstraw — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- jacquards — Plural form of jacquard.
- job corps — an organization within the Department of Labor that operates rural conservation camps and urban training centers for poor youths.
- jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
- junctures — a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- juristics — The theory of law, or its study.
- justiciar — a high judicial officer in medieval England.