9-letter words containing s, r
- arabesque — An arabesque is a position in ballet dancing. The dancer stands on one leg with their other leg lifted and stretched out backwards, and their arms stretched out in front of them.
- arabinose — a pentose sugar in plant gums, esp of cedars and pines. It is used as a culture medium in bacteriology. Formula: C5H10O5
- arachnids — Plural form of arachnid.
- aragonese — a native or inhabitant of Aragon
- arapaimas — Plural form of arapaima.
- arbalests — Plural form of arbalest.
- arbitress — a female arbitrator
- arboreous — thickly wooded; having many trees
- arborists — Plural form of arborist.
- arbovirus — any one of a group of viruses that cause such diseases as encephalitis and dengue and are transmitted to humans by arthropods, esp insects and ticks
- arbutuses — Plural form of arbutus.
- arccosine — the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between 0 and π), the cosine of which is that argument: the inverse of the cosine function
- archaisms — Plural form of archaism.
- archaizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaize.
- archdukes — Plural form of archduke.
- archeress — a female archer
- archivist — An archivist is a person whose job is to collect, sort, and care for historical documents and records.
- archosaur — any of a group of reptiles consisting of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, modern birds, modern crocodiles and extinct relatives of crocodiles, all having a diapsid skull
- archstone — a wedge-shaped stone forming the curved part of an arch
- arcsecond — unit used in astronomy
- arduously — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
- areopagus — the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens
- areostyle — (of columned buildings) having a wide intercolumniation equal to four or more diameters of one of the columns
- arethusas — Plural form of arethusa.
- argentous — of or containing silver in the monovalent state
- argonauts — Classical Mythology. a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.
- arguments — an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention; altercation: a violent argument.
- arhatship — the state of having achieved enlightenment, which is the ultimate goal of Theravada Buddhists
- aridities — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- aristaeus — a son of Apollo and Cyrene: protector of herds and fields
- aristarch — a severe critic.
- aristides — known as Aristides the Just. ?530–?468 bc, Athenian general and statesman, who played a prominent part in the Greek victories over the Persians at Marathon (490), Salamis (480), and Plataea (479)
- aristotle — a bottle
- ark shell — any marine bivalve of the family Arcidae, especially of the genus Arca, characterized by a heavy shell with a toothed hinge and a deep, boatlike inner surface.
- arm-twist — to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
- armaments — Armaments are weapons and military equipment belonging to an army or country.
- armatures — Plural form of armature.
- armchairs — Plural form of armchair.
- armistice — An armistice is an agreement between countries who are at war with one another to stop fighting and to discuss ways of making peace.
- armorless — any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- armourers — Plural form of armourer.
- armouries — a drill hall used for training and as headquarters by a reserve unit of the armed forces
- arms race — An arms race is a situation in which two countries or groups of countries are continually trying to get more and better weapons than each other.
- armstrong — Edwin Howard. 1890–1954, US electrical engineer; invented the superheterodyne radio receiver and the FM radio
- army base — a centre from which military activities are coordinated
- army list — an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the army and reserve officers liable for recall
- armyworms — Plural form of armyworm.
- arnoldson — Klas Pontus [klahs pawn-tuh s] /klɑs ˈpɔn təs/ (Show IPA), 1844–1916, Swedish author and politician: Nobel Peace Prize 1908.
- aromatase — an enzyme that converts testosterone into an oestrogen
- aromatics — Plural form of aromatic.