9-letter words containing r, e, s, i
- blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
- boxercise — a system of sustained exercises combining boxing movements with aerobic activities
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- brainless — If you describe someone or something as brainless, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- brainstem — the stalklike part of the brain consisting of the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the pons Varolii
- brash ice — small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.
- brasilein — brazilein
- brasserie — A brasserie is a small and usually cheap restaurant or bar.
- brassiere — A brassiere is the same as a bra.
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- brevities — shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life.
- briefcase — A briefcase is a case used for carrying documents in.
- briefless — (said of a barrister) without clients
- brighouse — a town in N England, in Calderdale unitary authority, West Yorkshire: machine tools, textiles, engineering. Pop: 32 360 (2001)
- brightest — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- brimstone — Brimstone is the same as sulphur.
- brineless — without brine
- briskness — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- britisher — In American English or old-fashioned British English, British people are sometimes informally referred to as Britishers.
- britishes — of or relating to Great Britain or its inhabitants.
- broadside — A broadside is a strong written or spoken attack on a person or institution.
- broadwise — breadthwise
- bromeosin — eosin (def 1).
- bronxites — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- brushfire — a fire in bushes and scrub
- bucuresti — Bucharest
- buprestid — any beetle of the mainly tropical family Buprestidae, the adults of which are brilliantly coloured and the larvae of which bore into and cause damage to trees, roots, etc
- burnished — You can describe something as burnished when it is bright or smooth.
- burnsides — thick side whiskers worn with a moustache and clean-shaven chin
- buteshire — (until 1975) a county of SW Scotland, consisting of islands in the Firth of Clyde and Kilbrannan Sound: formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute council area
- caesarian — of or relating to a Cesarean.
- caesarism — an autocratic system of government
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- canisters — Plural form of canister.
- canneries — Plural form of cannery.
- cannister — Misspelling of canister.
- canonries — Plural form of canonry.
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- careerism — devotion to a successful career, often at the expense of one's personal life, ethics, etc.
- careerist — Careerist people are ambitious and think that their career is more important than anything else.