9-letter words containing e, c, r, i
- interlock — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- interrace — interracial
- intersect — to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
- intricate — having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
- introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- introject — (psychology) To unconsciously incorporate into one's psyche.
- involucre — Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irenicism — the promotion and support of peace and conciliation
- iridocyte — a guanine-containing cell in the skin of fish and some cephalopods, giving these animals their iridescence
- isenergic — denoting equal energy
- 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.
- isocrates — 436–338 b.c, Athenian orator.
- 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.
- jacquerie — the revolt of the peasants of northern France against the nobles in 1358.
- jib crane — a crane having an arm guyed at a fixed angle to the head of a rotating mast.
- kachcheri — The government department that administrates a district in Sri Lanka.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- kerchiefs — Plural form of kerchief.
- kick over — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kickboxer — someone who practises kickboxing
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
- knickered — wearing knickers.
- lacertian — of or relating to lizards, or like a lizard
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- lacertine — belonging or relating to a lacertid
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- larcenist — a person who commits larceny.
- larvacide — Alternative spelling of larvicide.
- larvicide — an agent for killing larvae.
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
- lateritic — a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- laticifer — a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- latreutic — of or relating to latria.
- laurencin — Marie [ma-ree] /maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1885–1956, French painter, lithographer, and stage designer.
- lechering — a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- leicester — 1st Earl of, Robert Dudley.
- lethargic — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- liar dice — a gambling game in which the throw of five dice by each player is concealed from the opponent and bluffing is permitted
- licensors — Plural form of licensor.
- licensure — the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice.
- licker-in — a roller on a carding machine, especially the roller that opens the stock as it is fed into the card and transfers the fibers to the main cylinder.
- lickerish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- life-care — designed to provide for the basic needs of elderly residents, usually in return for an initial fee and monthly service payments: a life-care facility; life-care communities.
- limerance — Alternative form of limerence.
- limerence — The state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one’s feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship.
- limericks — Plural form of limerick.