9-letter words containing ri
- banbridge — a district in S Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 43 083 (2003 est). Area: 442 sq km (170 sq miles)
- bandurria — a Spanish musical instrument of the guitar family with six pairs of double strings.
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- bantering — teasing or facetious, or characterized by facetiousness
- barbarian — In former times, barbarians were people from other countries who were thought to be uncivilized and violent.
- barbarism — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- barbarity — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarity, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.
- barbarize — to make or become barbarous
- barbering — The trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.
- barberite — an alloy of about 88 percent copper, 5 percent nickel, 5 percent tin, and 2 percent silicon, resistant to sea water and sulfuric acid.
- bariatric — of or relating to the treatment of obesity
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barricade — A barricade is a line of vehicles or other objects placed across a road or open space to stop people getting past, for example during street fighting or as a protest.
- barricado — a barricade.
- barrister — In England and Wales, a barrister is a lawyer who represents clients in the higher courts of law. Compare solicitor.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- bassarisk — any carnivorous mammal of the genus Bassariscus, comprising the cacomistles and ringtails.
- batteries — a beating together of the calves or feet during a leap.
- battering — If something takes a battering, it suffers very badly as a result of a particular event or action.
- be rid of — to be freed from or relieved of (something undesirable)
- beaneries — Plural form of beanery.
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
- bebeerine — an alkaloid, resembling quinine, obtained from the bark of the greenheart and other plants
- becripple — to make or cause to become crippled.
- bedridden — Someone who is bedridden is so ill or has such a severe disability that they cannot get out of bed.
- bedspring — a spring that supports a mattress
- beggaring — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- bellatrix — the third brightest star in the constellation Orion
- berberine — a yellow bitter-tasting alkaloid obtained from barberry and other plants and used medicinally, esp in tonics. Formula: C20H19NO5
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- bettering — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
- beveridge — William Henry, 1st Baron Beveridge. 1879–1963, British economist, whose Report on Social Insurance and Allied Services (1942) formed the basis of social-security legislation in Britain
- bicentric — having two centres
- bickering — to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle: The two were always bickering.
- bid price — The bid price of a particular stock or share is the price that investors are willing to pay for it.
- bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
- bigeneric — (of a hybrid plant) derived from parents of two different genera
- bike ride — a ride on a bicycle
- billerica — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- biometric — Biometric tests and devices use biological information about a person to create a detailed record of their personal characteristics.
- bisectrix — the bisector of the angle between the optic axes of a crystal
- biseriate — (of plant parts, such as petals) arranged in two whorls, cycles, rows, or series
- bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
- bittering — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
- bitterish — (of taste) quite bitter
- bivariate — (of a distribution) involving two random variables, not necessarily independent of one another
- blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
- boat ride — a ride in a boat