9-letter words containing ri
- asterisks — Plural form of asterisk.
- asterisms — Plural form of asterism.
- asterixis — (pathology) An abnormal muscular tremor characterized by involuntary jerking of the hands.
- astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- astringer — a styptic or constrictive substance
- atriotomy — (medicine) The surgical opening of an atrium.
- attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
- attriting — Also, attrited. worn by rubbing or attrition.
- attrition — Attrition is a process in which you steadily reduce the strength of an enemy by continually attacking them.
- attritive — Causing attrition.
- attritted — to wear down (an opposing military force) by numerical superiority in troops or firepower.
- aubrietia — any trailing purple-flowered plant of the genus Aubrieta, native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- auctorial — of or relating to an author
- auditoria — the space set apart for the audience in a theater, school, or other public building.
- auricular — of, relating to, or received by the sense or organs of hearing; aural
- auriculas — Plural form of auricula.
- auriculin — atrial natriuretic factor.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- austerity — Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
- auteurism — a critical film theory according to which the primary creator of a film is the director, all of whose works are said to reflect to a certain degree the characteristics of a personal style
- auteurist — a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.
- authorial — Authorial means relating to the author of something such as a book or play.
- authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorish — like or similar to an author
- authorism — the state or condition of being author
- authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
- authorize — If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
- autocrime — a crime involving a motor vehicle, esp the theft of a car
- autocrine — relating to self-stimulation, through the production of a factor and a specific receptor for it
- ave maria — “Hail, Mary,” the first words of the Latin version of a prayer to the Virgin Mary used in the Roman Catholic Church
- aventurin — Alternative form of aventurine.
- aviatrice — a woman who is a pilot; aviator.
- awestrike — to inspire great awe in
- b horizon — the layer of a soil profile immediately below the A horizon, containing deposits of leached material
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- bacterize — to subject to bacterial action
- badgering — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- badinerie — a name given in the 18th century to a type of quick, light movement in a suite
- bahuvrihi — a class of compound words consisting of two elements the first of which is a specific feature of the second
- balk ring — A balk ring is a rotating part of a gearbox that prevents the gears from engaging too early.
- ballerina — A ballerina is a woman ballet dancer.
- balzarine — a light cotton and wool fabric used for dress-making