9-letter words containing r
- acclaimer — One who acclaims.
- accordant — in conformity or harmony
- accorders — Plural form of accorder.
- according — in proportion; in relation
- accordion — An accordion is a musical instrument in the shape of a fairly large box which you hold in your hands. You play the accordion by pressing keys or buttons on either side while moving the two sides together and apart. Accordions are used especially to play traditional popular music.
- accounter — A person providing an account of events.
- accourage — to give encouragement to
- accoutred — equipped or dressed in a particular way
- accoutres — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoutre.
- accredits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accredit.
- accresced — Simple past tense and past participle of accresce.
- accreting — Present participle of accrete.
- accretion — An accretion is an addition to something, usually one that has been added over a period of time.
- accretive — an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- accroides — an alcohol-soluble resin, obtained from Australian trees, used in paper manufacturing and as a component of varnishes
- accruable — having the ability to be accrued
- accrument — Alternative form of accruement.
- acculture — To familiarize oneself with, and adopt a new culture, especially by an immigrant.
- accurized — to improve the accuracy of (a firearm).
- acellular — not made up of or containing cells
- acerbated — Simple past tense and past participle of acerbate.
- acerbates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acerbate.
- acervulus — a small, asexual spore-producing structure produced by certain parasitic fungi on a host plant
- acheilary — having no labellum or lip, or one that is undeveloped, as in the flower of certain orchids.
- achievers — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- acholuria — the absence of bile pigments in the urine.
- achromate — a person unable to perceive color.
- achromats — Plural form of achromat.
- achromous — Colorless; achromatic.
- acid drop — a boiled sweet with a sharp taste
- acid rain — Acid rain is rain polluted by acid that has been released into the atmosphere from factories and other industrial processes. Acid rain is harmful to the environment.
- acid rock — a type of rock music characterized by electronically amplified bizarre instrumental effects
- acid trip — a psychedelic experience induced by ingesting the hallucinogen LSD.
- aciniform — shaped like a bunch of grapes
- acorn cup — the woody cuplike base that holds the nut from an oak tree
- acquirers — Plural form of acquirer.
- acquireth — Archaic third-person singular form of acquire.
- acquiring — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- acquitter — Agent noun of acquit; one who acquits or releases.
- acre-foot — the volume of water that would cover an area of 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot: equivalent to 43 560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic metres
- acre-inch — the volume of water that would cover an area of 1 acre to a depth of 1 inch; one twelfth of an acre-foot: equivalent to 3630 cubic feet or 102.8 cubic metres
- acridness — Bitterness or acerbity.
- acritarch — a type of small fossil
- acritical — showing no indication of crisis
- acrobatic — An acrobatic movement or display involves difficult physical acts such as jumping and balancing, especially in a circus.
- acrodonts — Plural form of acrodont.
- acrodrome — (of the veins of a leaf) running parallel to the edges of the leaf and fusing at the tip
- acrodynia — (pathology) An epidemic disease of the skin characterized by increased sensibility of the soles and palms, with pricking sensations in them and rheumatoid pains in the hands and feet.
- acrolects — Plural form of acrolect.
- acroliths — Plural form of acrolith.