9-letter words containing r, i, d
- arraigned — to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment.
- arsenides — Plural form of arsenide.
- arthrodia — a joint
- arytenoid — denoting either of two small cartilages of the larynx that are attached to the vocal cords
- ascarides — any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- asiderite — an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- aspirated — (of a stop) articulated with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- asteroids — Plural form of asteroid.
- astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- attainder — (formerly) the extinction of a person's civil rights resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry on conviction for treason or felony
- attritted — to wear down (an opposing military force) by numerical superiority in troops or firepower.
- audiogram — a graphic record of the acuity of hearing of a person obtained by means of an audiometer
- auditoria — the space set apart for the audience in a theater, school, or other public building.
- auditress — a female auditor
- aurobindo — Sri (Sri Aurobindo Ghose) 1872–1950, Indian scholar and spiritual leader.
- avid fart — a flashy and intrusive visual effects editing style
- axis deer — an Asian deer, Cervus (Axis) axis, of India and Sri Lanka, having a reddish-brown coat spotted with white.
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- backfired — Simple past tense and past participle of backfire.
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- badgering — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- badinerie — a name given in the 18th century to a type of quick, light movement in a suite
- balladier — a person who sings ballads.
- banbridge — a district in S Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 43 083 (2003 est). Area: 442 sq km (170 sq miles)
- bandelier — Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840–1914, U.S. anthropologist, archaeologist, and historian, born in Switzerland.
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- bandurria — a Spanish musical instrument of the guitar family with six pairs of double strings.
- bank raid — an attack on a bank, often involving firearms and violence, with the aim of stealing money or other valuables
- bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- barbadian — Barbadian means belonging or relating to Barbados or its people.
- barcoding — The assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product.
- bardolino — a light dry red wine produced around Verona in NE Italy
- bargained — Simple past tense and past participle of bargain.
- barmecide — lavish or plentiful in imagination only; illusory; sham
- barricade — A barricade is a line of vehicles or other objects placed across a road or open space to stop people getting past, for example during street fighting or as a protest.
- barricado — a barricade.
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- be rid of — to be freed from or relieved of (something undesirable)
- bear raid — an attempt to force down the price of a security or commodity by sustained selling
- beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
- bed chair — an adjustable frame for assisting invalids to sit up in bed.
- bed liner — a stiff, durable plastic lining used to protect the bed and side walls of the cargo space of some pickup trucks
- bedridden — Someone who is bedridden is so ill or has such a severe disability that they cannot get out of bed.
- bedsitter — A bedsitter is the same as a bedsit.
- bedspring — a spring that supports a mattress
- belvidere — a city in N Illinois.
- berdichev — a city in W central Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- berg wind — a hot dry wind in South Africa blowing from the plateau down to the coast