8-letter words containing r, a, i, n, s
- barrings — Plural form of barring.
- bas-rhin — a department of NE France in Alsace region. Capital: Strasbourg. Pop: 1 052 698 (2003 est). Area: 4793 sq km (1869 sq miles)
- bearings — a sense of one's relative position or situation; orientation (esp in the phrases lose, get, or take one's bearings)
- bearskin — A bearskin is a tall fur hat that is worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
- binaries — binary file
- binarism — the state of being binary
- brahmins — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brainish — impulsive or impetuous
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- brandeis — ˈLouis Demˌbitz (ˈdɛmˌbɪts ) ; demˈbitsˌ) 1856-1941; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1916-39)
- brandise — a trivet
- brandish — If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
- brasilin — brazilin
- brigands — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- brisbane — a port in E Australia, the capital of Queensland: founded in 1824 as a penal settlement; vast agricultural hinterland. Pop: 2 189 878 (2013)
- cairenes — (sometimes lowercase) of or relating to Cairo, Egypt.
- canaries — Plural form of canary.
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- cantrips — Plural form of cantrip.
- caprines — Plural form of caprine.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- carlings — Plural form of carling.
- carnitas — A Mexican dish involving strips of braised or roasted pork.
- carvings — Plural form of carving.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- cesarian — Also called Cesarean section, C-section. an operation by which a fetus is taken from the uterus by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus.
- chagrins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin.
- cislunar — of or relating to the space between the earth and the moon
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- corbinas — Plural form of corbina.
- corsican — of or relating to Corsica or its inhabitants
- crankish — mildly eccentric
- crannies — Plural form of cranny.
- crashing — (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore)
- cravings — great or eager desire; yearning.
- creasing — Present participle of crease.
- cremains — A dead person's cremains are their remains after their body has been cremated.
- curtains — death or ruin; the end
- darlings — Plural form of darling.
- denarius — a silver coin of ancient Rome, often called a penny in translation
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- disadorn — To deprive of ornaments.
- disrange — (obsolete) To disarrange.
- distrain — to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.