9-letter words containing s, i, d, r
- predigest — to treat (food) by an artificial process analogous to digestion so that, when taken into the body, it is more easily digestible.
- president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
- presidial — presidential
- presiding — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presidium — (in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries) an administrative committee, usually permanent and governmental, acting when its parent body is in recess but exercising full powers: the presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
- prideless — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- prisiadka — a step in Slavic folk dancing in which the dancer squats on the haunches and kicks out each foot alternately; the characteristic step of the kazachok.
- prosodial — of or relating to prosody
- prosodian — a person skilled in prosody
- prosodist — an expert in prosody.
- rabidness — The property of being rabid.
- radio set — an apparatus that receives radio signals
- radiocast — a radiobroadcast.
- radionics — a dowsing technique using a pendulum to detect the energy fields that are emitted by all forms of matter
- radiosity — (graphics) A method for rendering a view of a three-dimensional scene that provides realistic lighting effects, such as interobject reflections and color bleeding. Radiosity methods are computationally intense, due to the use of linear systems of equations and the spatial complexity of large scenes.
- randiness — sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.
- re-siding — a piece or section of siding: to put backing material on the re-sides.
- readiness — the condition of being ready.
- recordist — Also called sound recordist. Movies. the person in charge of sound recording on a film set. Compare mixer.
- red maids — a fleshy plant, Calandrinia ciliata menziesi, of the purslane family, native to the western U.S., having rose-colored or crimson flowers.
- red osier — Also called red-osier dogwood. a North American dogwood, Cornus sericea (or C. stolonifera), having red twigs and branches and white fruits.
- red shift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- redeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- redigress — to digress again
- rediscuss — to discuss again
- redisplay — to display again
- redispose — to rearrange; readjust
- redivivus — living again; revived.
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- reediness — full of reeds: a reedy marsh.
- remscheid — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr region.
- rescinded — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- resending — to send again.
- reshipped — to ship again.
- residence — the place, especially the house, in which a person lives or resides; dwelling place; home: Their residence is in New York City.
- residency — residence (def 3).
- residents — a person who resides in a place.
- residuals — payment made to an actor, actress, musician, etc, for subsequent use of film in which the person appears
- residuary — entitled to the residue of an estate: a residuary legatee.
- residuous — residual, remaining
- resighted — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- reskinned — to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of: The space shuttle had to be reskinned before returning to service.
- restained — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- revisited — to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc.: to visit a friend; to visit clients; to visit Paris.
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhizopods — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rhodesoid — relating to or resembling Rhodesian man
- rhodopsin — a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack