9-letter words containing r, i, a, n
- aerotrain — a high-speed train driven by a fan jet engine
- affirmant — a person who affirms.
- affirming — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- affording — to be able to do, manage, or bear without serious consequence or adverse effect: The country can't afford another drought.
- afrikaans — Afrikaans is one of the official languages of South Africa.
- afrikaner — Afrikaner means belonging or relating to the white people in South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch.
- afterings — the last of the milk drawn from a cow in milking, which contains the richest milk
- afterpain — any pain that follows its cause only after a certain delay
- agincourt — a battle fought in 1415 near the village of Azincourt, N France: a decisive victory for English longbowmen under Henry V over French forces vastly superior in number
- agrarians — Plural form of agrarian.
- agreation — the procedure followed by a government for determining the acceptability to a foreign government of a proposed envoy.
- agrigento — a town in Italy, in SW Sicily: site of six Greek temples. Pop: 54 619 (2001)
- agrippina — called the Elder. c. 14 bc–33 ad, Roman matron: granddaughter of Augustus, wife of Germanicus, mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger
- agromania — an abnormal desire to live alone, especially in an isolated area.
- agronomic — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
- air plant — an epiphyte, esp an orchid of the large Old World tropical genus Aerides, grown for its white scented flowers spotted with red, purple, or rose, or a bromeliad, esp of the genus Tillandsia
- air train — an airplane towing one or more gliders.
- air-bound — stopped up by air.
- air-lance — to clean with an air lance.
- air-thing — a direction.
- airliners — Plural form of airliner.
- airplanes — Plural form of airplane.
- akarnania — Modern Greek name of Acarnania.
- albertine — a female given name: derived from Albert.
- aleuronic — related to the aleurone layer
- alienator — A person who alienates.
- alizarine — Alizarin.
- allethrin — a clear viscous amber-coloured liquid used as an insecticide and synergist. Formula: C19H26O3; relative density: 1.005
- amarantin — a protein contained within the amaranth seed
- amatorian — amatorial
- ambrosian — exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.
- amerasian — People who have one American parent and one Asian parent are sometimes referred to as Amerasians.
- americana — Objects that come from or relate to America are referred to as Americana, especially when they are in a collection.
- americano — a drink consisting of espresso coffee diluted with hot water
- aminergic — (physiology) Activated by a biochemical amine.
- aminocarb — a crystalline compound, C 11 H 16 N 2 O 2 , used as a nonsystemic insecticide on various food crops and forest growth.
- amornings — of a morning
- anacharis — a genus of water plant native to North America and commonly used in aquariums
- anacrusis — one or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a line of verse
- anaerobic — Anaerobic creatures or processes do not need oxygen in order to function or survive.
- anaphoria — (symptom) A tendency for both eyes to look upward.
- anaphoric — of or relating to anaphora
- anarchial — characterized by anarchy or political confusion
- anarchies — Plural form of anarchy.
- anarchise — make anarchic
- anarchism — Anarchism is the belief that the laws and power of governments should be replaced by people working together freely.
- anarchist — An anarchist is a person who believes in anarchism.
- anarchize — to make anarchic, to destroy the order of things
- anarthria — loss of the ability to speak coherently
- anarthric — relating to anarthria