9-letter words containing r
- air valve — a device for controlling the flow of air in a pipe
- air varie — a melody with variations.
- air-bound — stopped up by air.
- air-dried — preserved by exposing to the air and allowing to dry
- air-lance — to clean with an air lance.
- air-slake — to slake (lime or the like) with moist air.
- air-spray — pertaining to compressed-air spraying devices or to liquids used in them.
- air-thing — a direction.
- airbrakes — Plural form of airbrake.
- airbricks — Plural form of airbrick.
- airbursts — Plural form of airburst.
- aircrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of aircraft.
- airdromes — Plural form of airdrome.
- airfields — Plural form of airfield.
- airframes — Plural form of airframe.
- airheaded — Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
- airlifted — Simple past tense and past participle of airlift.
- airlifter — a large aircraft specially designed to transport heavy cargo and to land on and take off from a relatively short runway.
- airliners — Plural form of airliner.
- airmailed — Simple past tense and past participle of airmail.
- airmobile — capable of being moved by air, esp by helicopter
- airplanes — Plural form of airplane.
- airscrews — Plural form of airscrew.
- airstream — a wind, esp at a high altitude
- airstrike — a military attack involving aircraft
- airstrips — Plural form of airstrip.
- airworthy — If an aircraft is airworthy, it is safe to fly.
- airy disc — the bright central part of the diffraction pattern of light from a point source that is diffracted by a circular aperture.
- akarnania — Modern Greek name of Acarnania.
- al farabi — died a.d. 950, Arab philosopher.
- al fresco — out-of-doors; in the open air: to dine alfresco.
- al hijrah — an annual Muslim festival marking the beginning of the Muslim year. It commemorates Mohammed's move from Mecca to Medina and involves the exchange of gifts and the telling of stories about Mohammed
- al-ashari — Abu ʾl-Hasan [ah-boo al-ha-san] /ˈɑ bu æl hæˈsæn/ (Show IPA), a.d. c873–936, the formulator of the classical synthesis in Islamic philosophical theology known as Ashʿarism.
- al-farabi — Mohammed ibn Tarkhan. died 950, Muslim philosopher, physician, and mathematician, of central Asian origin
- alabaster — Alabaster is a white stone that is used for making statues, vases, and ornaments.
- alarmable — able or prone to be alarmed or disturbed
- alarmedly — in an alarmed manner
- alarmists — Plural form of alarmist.
- albarello — an earthenware jar used to contain drugs, originating in the Middle East
- albatross — An albatross is a very large white seabird.
- albemarle — a city in central North Carolina.
- albert ii — full name Albert Felix Humbert Theodore Christian Eugene Marie. born 1934, king of Belgium (1993–2013); abdicated in favour of his son Philippe
- albertine — a female given name: derived from Albert.
- albertite — a black solid variety of bitumen that has a conchoidal fracture and occurs in veins in oil-bearing strata
- albertype — collotype.
- albricias — an expression of joy
- alburnous — relating to alburnum
- albuterol — a bronchodilator used by sufferers of asthma, emphysema, and other lung conditions, to treat symptoms such as wheezing or shortness of breath
- alcántara — a town in W Spain: a Roman bridge spans the River Tagus. Pop: 1739 (2003 est)
- alcarraza — an earthenware container, traditionally made in Spain, that is used to cool water