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9-letter words containing o, r, a, i

  • radioiron — the radioactive isotope of iron, with atomic weight 59 and a half-life of 46 days: used chiefly as a tracer in biochemistry.
  • radioland — the aggregate of listeners within the reach of a radio station's transmission.
  • radiology — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
  • radionics — a dowsing technique using a pendulum to detect the energy fields that are emitted by all forms of matter
  • radiosity — (graphics)   A method for rendering a view of a three-dimensional scene that provides realistic lighting effects, such as interobject reflections and color bleeding. Radiosity methods are computationally intense, due to the use of linear systems of equations and the spatial complexity of large scenes.
  • radiothon — an on-the-air radio campaign, often lasting 24 hours or more, designed to raise money for a radio station, charity, the arts, etc., as from listeners phoning in and pledging specific donations, sometimes in exchange for gifts or premiums.
  • raffinose — a colorless, crystalline trisaccharide, C 1 8 H 3 2 O 1 6 ⋅5H 2 O, with little or no sweetness, occurring in the sugar beet, cottonseed, etc., and breaking down to fructose, glucose, and galactose on hydrolysis.
  • railwoman — a female worker on a railway
  • rain frog — a tree frog, especially a spring peeper.
  • rain hood — a waterproof hood attached to a coat, that may be raised to cover the head when it is raining
  • rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
  • rainproof — impervious to rain; keeping out or unaffected by rain: a rainproof cover; a rainproof coat.
  • rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
  • rainstorm — a storm with heavy rain.
  • raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
  • ralliform — raillike in shape, anatomy, etc.
  • randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
  • range oil — oil suitable for burning as the fuel of a kitchen stove.
  • rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
  • rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
  • raptorial — preying upon other animals; predatory.
  • raskolnik — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
  • rationale — the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
  • rationing — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
  • rauwolfia — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rauwolfia, as R. serpentina, of India.
  • ravigotte — a cold French sauce or dressing for salad containing mixed chopped herbs such as tarragon and chives
  • rawlinson — George, 1812–1902, English historian.
  • razorbill — a common auk, Alca torda, of the North Atlantic, having a thick laterally compressed bill with white markings
  • razorfish — any of several wrasses of the genus Hemipteronatus having a compressed, sharp-edged head, as H. novacula (pearly razorfish) of the West Indies and the Mediterranean Sea.
  • re-anoint — to anoint (a person or thing) again
  • 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.
  • read into — If you read a meaning into something, you think it is there although it may not actually be there.
  • realaudio — (tool, communications)   A program from Real Media for playing audio over the Internet, and the lossy audio compression format it uses. The system is implemented as a client/server architecture. The RealAudio server incorporates an encoder which compresses sound into RealAudio files. The client side is a web browser plug-in or add-on (a recent version of Internet Explorer apparently has built-in support for RealAudio) which allows the stream of data sent from the server to be uncompressed and output using the normal sound facilities of the computer, such as a sound card. A 14.4 KBps or better modem is required, and a 28.8 KBps connection is recommended for music-quality sound.
  • reappoint — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
  • reasoning — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • reboation — a repeated bellowing sound
  • recaption — the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
  • recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
  • recoinage — the act, process, or right of making coins.
  • redaction — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
  • refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
  • reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
  • relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
  • reloading — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
  • reptation — a creeping motion; the act of crawling
  • restation — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
  • reviolate — to violate again
  • rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
  • rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
  • rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
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