9-letter words containing ra
- at random — If you choose people or things at random, you do not use any particular method, so they all have an equal chance of being chosen.
- ataractic — able to calm or tranquillize
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- atom trap — a device in which atoms or particles are slowed by the use of lasers and then confined to a small region of space.
- atrahasis — a legendary Akkadian sage who built a boat in which he and his family, servants, and chattels escaped the Deluge.
- attracted — feeling a pleasing, alluring, or fascinating influence from someone or something
- attracter — to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel): The gravitational force of the earth attracts smaller bodies to it.
- attractor — a person or thing that attracts.
- attrahens — (of muscle) drawing or pulling towards
- attrahent — attracting or drawing in
- au gratin — covered and cooked with browned breadcrumbs and sometimes cheese
- audiogram — a graphic record of the acuity of hearing of a person obtained by means of an audiometer
- aurangzeb — 1618–1707, Mogul emperor of Hindustan (1658–1707), whose reign marked both the height of Mogul prosperity and the decline of its power through the revolts of the Marathas
- auranofin — a gold-containing compound, C 20 H 34 AuO 9 PS, used orally in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
- auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
- australia — a country and the smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific: a former British colony, now an independent member of the Commonwealth, constitutional links with Britain formally abolished in 1986; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the west, with the basin of the Murray River and the Great Dividing Range in the east and the Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: dollar. Capital: Canberra. Pop: 23 029 674 (2013 est). Area: 7 682 300 sq km (2 966 150 sq miles)
- austrasia — the eastern region of the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks that had its capital at Metz and lasted from 511 ad until 814 ad. It covered the area now comprising NE France, Belgium, and western Germany
- autocracy — Autocracy is government or control by one person who has complete power.
- autocrats — Plural form of autocrat.
- autograft — a tissue graft obtained from one part of a patient's body for use on another part
- autograph — An autograph is the signature of someone famous which is specially written for a fan to keep.
- averagely — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- averaging — Present participle of average.
- averrable — able to be proved or verified
- azedarach — the astringent bark of the chinaberry tree, formerly used as an emetic and cathartic
- azederach — Alternative spelling of azedarach.
- bacharach — Burt. born 1928, US composer of popular songs, usually with lyricist Hal David
- backdraft — an explosive surge in a fire produced by the sudden mixing of air with other combustible gases.
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- backtrace — (computing) A stack trace.
- backtrack — If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
- bakhtaran — city in W Iran: pop. 561,000
- ball race — a ball bearing
- balmorals — Plural form of balmoral.
- bandbrake — a device used to measure the power of brakes
- bangarang — A commotion.
- bank raid — an attack on a bank, often involving firearms and violence, with the aim of stealing money or other valuables
- bank rate — The bank rate is the rate of interest at which a bank lends money, especially the minimum rate of interest that banks are allowed to charge, which is decided from time to time by the country's central bank.
- bar graph — A bar graph is the same as a bar chart.
- baracaldo — city in The Basque Country, N Spain: pop. 105,000
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- baragouin — incomprehensible language; gibberish
- barasinga — a species of deer, Cervus duvaucelii, native to India and Nepal, known for the many-pointed nature of its antlers
- barathrum — any deep abyss
- barmbrack — a loaf of bread with currants in it
- barograph — a self-recording aneroid barometer
- barracked — Simple past tense and past participle of barrack.
- barracker — to shout boisterously for or against a player or team; root or jeer.
- barracoon — (formerly) a temporary place of confinement for slaves or convicts, esp those awaiting transportation
- barracuda — A barracuda is a large tropical sea fish that eats other fish.