9-letter words containing r, a, i, f
- qualifier — a person or thing that qualifies.
- radcliffe — Ann (Ward) 1764–1823, English writer of Gothic romances.
- raffinate — the part of a liquid, especially an oil, remaining after its more soluble components have been extracted by a solvent.
- 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.
- rafflesia — any stemless, leafless, parasitic plant of the genus Rafflesia, of the Malay Peninsula and Republic of Indonesia, characterized by apetalous flowers, measuring 3 in.–3 feet (8 cm–90 cm) in diameter, that exude a putrid odor: now greatly reduced in number.
- rain frog — a tree frog, especially a spring peeper.
- rainproof — impervious to rain; keeping out or unaffected by rain: a rainproof cover; a rainproof coat.
- ralliform — raillike in shape, anatomy, etc.
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- rastafari — Rastafarian (def 1).
- ratifiers — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- rauwolfia — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rauwolfia, as R. serpentina, of India.
- 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-affirm — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- reaffirms — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- real life — existing or happening in reality: real-life drama.
- real-life — existing or happening in reality: real-life drama.
- recitatif — recitative2 .
- refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- refinable — to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
- refinance — to finance again.
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- refrained — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- refudiate — to reject as untrue or refuse to acknowledge.
- reinflame — to inflame again
- reinflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- requalify — to qualify again
- rifamycin — an antibiotic which can be synthesized artificially or naturally and is used in the treatment of infections such as tuberculosis and leprosy
- riff-raff — If you refer to a group of people as riff-raff, you disapprove of them because you think they are not respectable.
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- rotiferan — relating to the phylum of freshwater invertebrates Rotifera
- sacciform — resembling a sac
- sacrifice — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- safariing — a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
- safid rud — a river flowing from NW Iran into the Caspian Sea. 450 miles (725 km) long.
- safranine — any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes, phenazine derivatives, used for dyeing wool, silk, etc.
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
- saxifrage — any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers.
- scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- scarfwise — in the manner of a scarf
- scarifier — to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
- seafaring — traveling by sea.
- semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- sherifian — pertaining to a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima
- sigrdrifa — a Valkyrie who, for disobedience to Odin, sleeps within a circle of fire until awakened by Sigurd.
- spearfish — fish: type of marlin
- stairfoot — the area at the foot of a flight of stairs