9-letter words containing i, n, b, a
- rabbeting — a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- rabbinate — the office or term of office of a rabbi.
- rabbinics — the Hebrew language as used by rabbis in post-Biblical times.
- rabbinism — the beliefs, practices, and precepts of the rabbis of the Talmudic period.
- rabbinite — a proponent of the Talmud and the teachings and traditions of the rabbis in the face of rejection by the Karaites.
- rabbit on — talk incessantly
- rabbiting — Present participle of rabbit.
- rabidness — The property of being rabid.
- rain belt — a zone in which it usually rains
- rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
- ramblings — If you describe a speech or piece of writing as someone's ramblings, you are saying that it is meaningless because the person who said or wrote it was very confused or insane.
- re-obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- reboation — a repeated bellowing sound
- refinable — to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
- rein back — To rein back something such as spending means to control it strictly.
- reinhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- ribavirin — a synthetic compound, C 8 H 1 2 N 4 O 5 , active against several DNA and RNA viruses.
- rice bean — a twining southern Asian vine, Vigna umbellata, of the legume family, cultivated for its edible seeds.
- ring back — If you ring someone back, you phone them either because they phoned you earlier and you were not there or because you did not finish an earlier telephone conversation.
- rinseable — able to be rinsed
- riverbank — the slopes bordering a river.
- rubensian — Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- rubrician — an expert in or close adherent to liturgical rubrics.
- sabbatine — of or relating to Saturdays
- sabellian — a member of a group of early Italian peoples including the Samnites and Sabines.
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- sainsbury — David John, Baron. born 1940, British businessman and politician, chief executive of the Sainsbury supermarket chain (1992–98); science minister (1998–2006)
- sanbenito — an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
- sea robin — any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- sebastian — Saint, died a.d. 288? Roman martyr.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- serbonian — of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- sibilance — hissing.
- side band — the band of frequencies at the sides of the carrier frequency of a modulated signal.
- signboard — a board bearing a sign.
- slingback — Also called sling. a woman's shoe with an open back and a strap or sling encircling the heel of the foot to keep the shoe secure.
- snakebird — anhinga.
- snakebite — the bite of a snake, especially of one that is venomous.
- snap brim — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- sniffable — capable of being sniffed
- soil bank — a plan providing cash payments to farmers who cut production of certain surplus crops in favor of soil-enriching ones.
- spinebash — to rest; loaf.
- stinkball — stinkpot (def 1).
- stub nail — a short, thick nail.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- subcasing — a rough casing for a doorway or window.
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.