9-letter words containing ri
- aperitive — aperient.
- aperitivo — aperitif (sense 2), esp. any of those produced in Italy
- aphorisms — Plural form of aphorism.
- aphorized — Simple past tense and past participle of aphorize.
- aphorizer — a person who aphorizes
- aphorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphorize.
- apiarists — Plural form of apiarist.
- apparitor — an officer who summons witnesses and executes the orders of an ecclesiastical and (formerly) a civil court
- appearing — to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
- apprising — appraise.
- apprizers — Plural form of apprizer.
- apprizing — Present participle of apprize.
- apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
- apriorist — a person who believes in apriorism
- apriority — the quality or fact of being a priori
- aquaporin — any one of a group of proteins in cell membranes that allow the passage of water across the membrane
- aquarists — Plural form of aquarist.
- aquariums — Plural form of aquarium.
- araucaria — any tree of the coniferous genus Araucaria of South America, Australia, and Polynesia, such as the monkey puzzle and bunya-bunya
- arbitrium — the power to decide
- arborists — Plural form of arborist.
- arborized — Simple past tense and past participle of arborize.
- archrival — a chief rival
- arcturian — a first-magnitude star in the constellation Boötes.
- arid zone — either of the zones of latitude 15–30° N and S characterized by very low rainfall and desert or semidesert terrain
- aridities — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- arillated — (of seeds) having an aril
- arimathea — a town in ancient Palestine: location unknown
- 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
- arkwright — Sir Richard. 1732–92, English cotton manufacturer: inventor of the spinning frame (1769) which produced cotton thread strong enough to be used as a warp
- armorican — a native or inhabitant of Armorica
- armouries — a drill hall used for training and as headquarters by a reserve unit of the armed forces
- arrivance — the action or state of arriving
- arrive at — to reach by traveling
- arrivisme — unscrupulous ambition
- arriviste — You describe someone as an arriviste when you are criticizing them because they are trying very hard to belong to an influential or important social group which you feel they have no right to belong to.
- arterials — Physiology. pertaining to the blood in the pulmonary vein, in the left side of the heart, and in most arteries, having been oxygenated during its passage through the lungs and being normally bright red.
- arteriola — (anatomy) An arteriole.
- arteriole — any of the small subdivisions of an artery that form thin-walled vessels ending in capillaries
- arteritis — inflammation of an artery
- arthritic — Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis.
- arthritis — Arthritis is a medical condition in which the joints in someone's body are swollen and painful.
- arthurian — of or relating to King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table
- ascarides — any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- ascribing — Present participle of ascribe.
- ashlaring — ashlars collectively
- asiderite — an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.