9-letter words containing r, a, b, i, s
- millibars — Plural form of millibar.
- mirabilis — (botany) Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.
- miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- miserably — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- ninebarks — Plural form of ninebark.
- parabasis — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode addressed to the audience, especially of comedy, and independent of the action of the play: usually following the agon and, in the earliest forms of comedy, serving often to end the play.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- 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.
- rabidness — The property of being rabid.
- raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
- 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.
- revisable — to amend or alter: to revise one's opinion.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rib roast — a cut of beef taken from the small end of the ribs and containing a large rib eye and two or more ribs.
- rib steak — club steak.
- rinseable — able to be rinsed
- rubensian — Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- sabrelike — resembling a sabre
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- sailboard — a long board, usually of Plexiglas, used for windsurfing, having a mount for a sail, a daggerboard, and a small skeg.
- sainsbury — David John, Baron. born 1940, British businessman and politician, chief executive of the Sainsbury supermarket chain (1992–98); science minister (1998–2006)
- salambria — a river in N Greece, in Thessaly, flowing E to the Gulf of Salonika. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- salisbury — Harrison, 1908–93, U.S. journalist and writer.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- saprobial — relating to saprobity
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- scaraboid — of, relating to, or resembling a scarabaeid
- scribable — able to be written or written on
- 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.
- 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.
- sharpbill — a passerine bird, Oxyruncus cristatus, of New World tropical forests, having greenish plumage and a pointed bill, related to the tyrant flycatchers.
- shillaber — a shill or someone who poses as a satisfied customer in order to encourage other buyers or participants
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- 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.
- sibilator — someone who whistles
- sideboard — a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.
- signboard — a board bearing a sign.
- simarouba — any tropical American tree belonging to the genus Simaruba, of the quassia family, having pinnate leaves, a fleshy fruit, and a root whose bark contains an appetite stimulant.
- sissy bar — a tall, looplike frame fitted to the rear of a bicycle or motorcycle saddle, functioning chiefly as a backrest.
- skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
- slice bar — a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.
- snakebird — anhinga.
- snap brim — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- spareribs — a cut of meat from the rib section, especially of pork or beef, with some meat adhering to the bones.
- stirabout — porridge.
- strikable — being cause for a strike, as by union members: strikable labor issues.