10-letter words containing ris
- comparison — When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them.
- comprising — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- coprisoner — a fellow prisoner
- cottierism — (in Ireland) the system of cottier tenure
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- crispature — the state of being crisped or crispate
- crispbread — Crispbreads are thin dry biscuits made from wheat or rye. They are often eaten instead of bread by people who want to lose weight.
- crispiness — The state of being crispy.
- crispinian — Saint, See under Crispin, Saint.
- crisscross — to move or cause to move in a crosswise pattern
- cristiform — crest-shaped
- debris bug — a bug of the family Cimicidae found where vegetable debris accumulates and feeding on small arthropods like springtails: related to the bedbugs
- decembrist — a participant in the unsuccessful revolt against Tsar Nicolas I in Dec 1825
- denturists — Plural form of denturist.
- deodoriser — A device for removing or covering obnoxious odors; a device to dispense deodorant.
- derisively — characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking: derisive heckling.
- derisorily — In a derisory manner.
- disherison — disinheritance.
- dove prism — a prism that inverts a beam of light, often used in a telescope to produce an erect image.
- drearisome — Very dreary.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- earthrises — Plural form of earthrise.
- ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
- ecotourist — A participant in ecotourism.
- engarrison — to set up as a garrison
- enterprise — A project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or requires effort.
- entreprise — Archaic form of enterprise.
- ephemerist — one who collects or studies ephemera
- euhemerism — the theory that gods arose out of the deification of historical heroes
- favoristic — Characterized by favoritism.
- feverishly — having fever.
- flapperish — in the style of a flapper
- flavourist — a chemist who blends ingredients to create artificial flavours or scents, for food or perfume
- florissant — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- floristics — the study of the distribution, number, types, and relationships of plant species in an area or areas.
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flourisher — One who flourishes.
- flourishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish.
- folklorish — (colloquial) Typical or similar to folklore.
- folklorist — the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
- fourierism — the social system proposed by François Marie Charles Fourier, under which society was to be organized into phalanxes or associations, each large enough for all industrial and social requirements.
- friskiness — The characteristic or quality of being frisky.
- futuristic — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
- garishness — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- garrisoned — a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
- genderised — to divide, categorize, or deal with on the basis of gender distinctions: to genderize a list of first names.
- glamorised — Simple past tense and past participle of glamorise.
- glamourise — to make glamorous.
- glossarist — Someone who writes a glossary.
- grangerise — To illustrate a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.