9-letter words containing rid
- hand-ride — to ride (a horse) in a race without using a whip or spurs, urging it on with only the hands.
- harridans — Plural form of harridan.
- hebridean — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- horridest — Superlative form of horrid.
- hybridise — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- hybridism — Also, hybridity [hahy-brid-i-tee] /haɪˈbrɪd ɪ ti/ (Show IPA). the quality or condition of being hybrid.
- hybridist — someone who hybridizes or cross-breeds (animals or plants)
- hybridity — Also, hybridity [hahy-brid-i-tee] /haɪˈbrɪd ɪ ti/ (Show IPA). the quality or condition of being hybrid.
- hybridize — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- hybridoma — a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
- hybridous — of or relating to a hybrid
- hyperarid — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- iridocyte — a guanine-containing cell in the skin of fish and some cephalopods, giving these animals their iridescence
- iridology — the inspection of the iris of the eye as an aid in determining a person's state of health or in diagnosing a health problem.
- iridotomy — incision of the iris, especially for the formation of an artificial pupil by transverse division of fibers of the iris.
- irridenta — a region that is ethnically or historically tied to one country, but which is ruled by another
- joy-rider — a pleasure ride in an automobile, especially when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission.
- joyridden — Past participle of joyride.
- joyriders — Plural form of joyrider.
- joyriding — The action or practice of driving fast and dangerously in a stolen car for enjoyment.
- juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- leporidae — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- low rider — an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
- lowriding — the practice of traveling in a lowrider.
- luridness — The property of being lurid.
- manriding — relating to the carrying of miners around a mine
- meridians — Plural form of meridian.
- metridium — any sea anemone of the genus Metridium, common in cooler waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
- midstride — In the middle of a stride.
- mridangam — an ancient drum of India shaped like a long conical barrel with two tuned heads of different sizes.
- multigrid — involving several grids
- muybridge — Eadweard [ed-werd] /ˈɛd wərd/ (Show IPA), (Edward James Muggeridge) 1830–1904, U.S. photographer, born in England: pioneered in photographic studies of animals and humans in motion.
- nephridia — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- nitriding — a process of casehardening in which nitrogen is introduced into the metal by keeping it at a suitable temperature in the presence of a nitrogen source.
- oak ridge — a city in E Tennessee, near Knoxville: atomic research center.
- outridden — Past participle of outride.
- outriders — Plural form of outrider.
- outriding — Present participle of outride.
- outstride — to surpass in striding
- overrider — either of two metal or rubber attachments fitted to the bumper of a motor vehicle to prevent the bumpers interlocking with those of another vehicle
- partridge — any of several Old World gallinaceous game birds of the subfamily Perdicinae, especially Perdix perdix.
- peridinia — genus of flagellate organisms
- peridotic — of, relating to, or containing peridot
- peridrome — (in Classical architecture) a colonnaded walkway running round a building, esp around a Classical temple
- pieridine — belonging or pertaining to the Pieridae, a family of butterflies comprising the whites, sulfurs, etc.
- postrider — (formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.
- prideless — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- pteridine — a yellow, crystalline, heteroaromatic compound having a bicyclic molecular structure; any substituted derivative of this, examples of which occur naturally, esp as vitamins of the B group and insect pigments. Formula: C6H4N4
- putridity — in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
- pyridoxal — a naturally occurring derivative of pyridoxine that is a precursor of a coenzyme (pyridoxal phosphate) involved in several enzymic reactions. Formula: (CH2OH)(CHO)C5HN(OH)(CH3)