9-letter words containing r, a, i, n, s
- criminals — Plural form of criminal.
- croissant — Croissants are small, sweet bread rolls in the shape of a crescent that are eaten for breakfast.
- crusading — campaigning
- cuisinart — a brand of food processor
- darklings — in darkness
- darwinism — the theory of the origin of animal and plant species by evolution through a process of natural selection
- darwinist — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- dayspring — the dawn
- deaneries — Plural form of deanery.
- degarnish — to remove ornamentation from (something)
- detainers — Plural form of detainer.
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- diarising — Present participle of diarise.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dinosaurs — 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.
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- disarming — removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- disenamor — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disnature — to deprive (something) of its proper nature or appearance; make unnatural.
- disranged — Simple past tense and past participle of disrange.
- disrating — Present participle of disrate.
- distraint — the act of distraining; a distress.
- dna virus — any virus containing DNA.
- doornails — Plural form of doornail.
- downstair — down the stairs.
- draglines — Plural form of dragline.
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- dragonism — a strict and domineering manner
- drainages — Plural form of drainage.
- drainless — inexhaustible.
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- earliness — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- emigrants — Plural form of emigrant.
- ensnaring — Present participle of ensnare.
- erosional — Pertaining to erosion.
- escarping — Present participle of escarp.
- escribano — a clerk or scribe
- estuarian — relating to an estuary
- estuarine — Of or pertaining to an estuary.
- examiners — Plural form of examiner.
- eyestrain — Tiredness or pain in the eyes, sometimes accompanied by headache, caused by excessive or improper use of the eyes, or by uncorrected defects of vision.
- fairbanks — Charles Warren, 1852–1918, political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1905–09.
- farseeing — having foresight; sagacious; discerning.
- farthings — Plural form of farthing.
- fashioner — a person who fashions, forms, or gives shape to anything.
- figurants — Plural form of figurant.
- fine arts — a visual art considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic purposes and judged for its beauty and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, graphics, and architecture.
- firsthand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.