9-letter words containing ra
- allograph — a document written by a person who is not a party to it
- almoravid — a member of a Muslim dynasty ruling in Spain and northern Africa from 1056 to 1147.
- aloe vera — Aloe vera is a substance that contains vitamins and minerals and is often used in cosmetics. Aloe vera is also the name of the plant from which this substance is extracted.
- alpha ray — ionizing radiation consisting of a stream of alpha particles
- alphagram — The letters of a word, or any other set of letters, arranged into alphabetical order.
- alterable — capable of being altered.
- alterably — In an alterable manner.
- altigraph — an instrument that measures altitude and records the measurements graphically
- amaranths — Plural form of amaranth.
- amarantin — a protein contained within the amaranth seed
- amaterasu — the Japanese Shinto goddess personifying the sun.
- ambulacra — Plural form of ambulacrum.
- amerasian — People who have one American parent and one Asian parent are sometimes referred to as Amerasians.
- amoralism — the doctrine or attitude that ignores or rejects moral vaues, or deems them to be irrelevant
- amoralist — a person who adheres to the doctrine of amoralism
- amorality — not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- amperages — Plural form of amperage.
- anabranch — a stream that leaves a river and enters it again further downstream
- anaphoral — relating to the prayer of oblation and consecration performed during Holy Communion
- anaphoras — Plural form of anaphora.
- ancestral — You use ancestral to refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
- anchorage — An anchorage is a place where a boat can anchor safely.
- andorra-i — (language) A parallel logic programming language with the OR-parallelism of Aurora and the AND-parallelism of Parlog.
- andradite — a yellow, green, or brownish-black garnet that consists of calcium iron silicate and is used as a gemstone. Formula: Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3
- andragogy — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- anemogram — a record produced by an anemograph
- angiogram — an X-ray picture obtained by angiography
- angophora — any tree of the genus Angophora, related to the eucalyptus and native to E Australia
- angostura — the bitter, aromatic bark of either of two South American citrus trees, Galipea officinalis or G. cusparia, used in medicine and in the preparation of liqueurs and bitters.
- anhydrase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of water
- anhydrate — (organic chemistry) An acid anhydride.
- anode ray — a stream of positive ions traveling from a metallic anode to the cathode in a gas-discharge tube.
- anorakish — (British, informal) Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.
- antaranga — the three angas pertaining to the mind: dharana or concentration, dhyana or meditation, and samadhi or contemplation.
- antegrade — Moving or directed forward.
- anthracic — relating to anthrax
- anticrack — protecting a computer against unauthorized access
- antidraft — opposed to compulsory military service or conscription
- antifraud — acting against fraud
- antigraft — opposed to or designed to reduce corruption
- antigraph — A copy or transcript.
- antimoral — Opposing or countering moral behaviour.
- antiradar — (of a missile or other weapon) designed to destroy radar detection equipment
- antitrade — a wind in the upper atmosphere blowing in the opposite direction from and above the trade winds
- antitragi — Plural form of antitragus.
- antiviral — inhibiting the growth of viruses
- apertural — relating to aperture or an aperture
- apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
- appraisal — If you make an appraisal of something, you consider it carefully and form an opinion about it.
- appraised — Simple past tense and past participle of appraise.