12-letter words containing iri
- aspiringness — the condition of being aspiring
- base pairing — the hydrogen bonding that occurs between complementary nitrogenous bases in the two polynucleotide chains of a DNA molecule
- base-pairing — the process of binding separate DNA sequences by base pairs.
- crested iris — a low iris, Iris cristata, of the eastern and central U.S., having faintly fragrant, yellow-crested, lilac-dotted flowers.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- dispiritedly — discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
- dispiritment — the state of being dispirited
- disspiriting — Present participle of disspirit alternative spelling of dispiriting.
- eden prairie — a town in SE Minnesota.
- enchiridions — Plural form of enchiridion.
- firing glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century having a conical, rounded body on a thick stem and a heavy spreading foot.
- firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
- firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
- firing range — range (def 5).
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
- high spirits — lively or boisterous mood
- inspiritment — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- iridectomies — Plural form of iridectomy.
- iridectomize — to perform an iridectomy on.
- iridescently — In an iridescent manner.
- irish bridge — a paved ford.
- irish coffee — a mixture of hot coffee and Irish whiskey, sweetened and topped with whipped cream.
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- irish potato — potato (def 1).
- irish setter — one of an Irish breed of setters having a golden-chestnut or mahogany-red coat.
- liriodendron — either of the two deciduous trees of the magnoliaceous genus Liriodendron, the tulip trees of North America or China
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- metempirical — beyond or outside the field of experience.
- middle irish — the Irish language of the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
- nigiri-zushi — cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi)
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
- party spirit — If you talk about someone being in the party spirit, you mean that they are in the mood to enjoy a party or to have fun.
- prairie fowl — prairie chicken.
- prairie lily — sand lily.
- prairie rose — a climbing rose, Rosa setigera, of the central U.S., having pinkish to white flowers: the state flower of North Dakota.
- prairie soil — a soil that forms in subhumid, temperate regions with tall grass as native vegetation.
- prairie wolf — coyote (def 1).
- proof spirit — an alcoholic liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing a standard amount of alcohol. In the U.S. proof spirit has a specific gravity of .93353 (containing one half of its volume of alcohol of a specific gravity of .7939 at 60° F). In Britain proof spirit has a specific gravity of .91984.
- retiringness — an awkward shyness
- satirization — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- scotch-irish — (used with a plural verb) the descendants of the Lowland Scots who were settled in Ulster in the 17th century.
- sinus iridum — (Bay of Rainbows) a semicircular dark plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon.
- spanish iris — an iris, Iris xyphium, of the Mediterranean region, having blue, white, or yellow flowers with a yellow or orange patch.
- spirit guide — type of mystical guardian
- spirit level — a device for determining true horizontal or vertical directions by the centering of a bubble in a slightly curved glass tube or tubes filled with alcohol or ether.
- spiritedness — having or showing mettle, courage, vigor, liveliness, etc.: a spirited defense of poetry.
- spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
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