10-letter words containing ris
- grisailles — Plural form of grisaille.
- grisliness — The characteristic or quality of being grisly.
- gristmills — Plural form of gristmill.
- gynandrism — hermaphroditism.
- harrisburg — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- herb paris — a European plant, Paris quadrifolia, of the lily family, formerly used in medicine.
- heuristics — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- high-riser — a couch or single bed with a mattress and frame concealed beneath, which, when pulled all the way out, lift up to the level of the upper cushion or mattress and lock into place to form a double bed.
- hipsterish — Like a hipster; (often pretentiously) trendy.
- hipsterism — the style of life of a hipster.
- humoristic — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- hypocorism — a pet name.
- hypocrisie — Obsolete form of hypocrisy.
- immiserise — to subject to immiseration, progressive impoverishment or degradation
- impoverish — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- imprisoned — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- imprisoner — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- insularism — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- irish boat — a small fishing boat used in the Boston area in the late 19th century, derived from an Irish model and having a cutter rig.
- irish bull — a paradoxical statement that appears at first to make sense. Example: He's the kind of guy who looks you right in the eye as he stabs you in the back.
- irish lord — any of several marine sculpins of the genus Hemilepidotus, found from Alaska to northern California.
- irish moss — a purplish-brown, cartilaginous seaweed, Chondrus crispus, of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.
- irish pale — pale2 (def 6).
- irish stew — a stew usually made of mutton, lamb, or beef, with potatoes, onions, etc.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- isosterism — Chemistry. the quality or state of being isosteric.
- juristical — Alternative form of juristic.
- kafiristan — former name of Nuristan.
- lapidarist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- late riser — somebody who tends to wake up and get out of bed at a later time than considered normal
- limp wrist — a contemptuous term used to refer to a homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
- luminarism — the art and theory of the luminarists
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- macroprism — a prism belonging to an orthorhombic crystal found between the macropinacoid and the unit prism
- maharishis — Plural form of maharishi.
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- manicurist — a person who gives manicures.
- mannerisms — a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience.
- memoirists — Plural form of memoirist.
- memorising — Present participle of memorise.
- mesmerised — to hypnotize.
- mesmerises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mesmerise.
- mesomerism — resonance (def 6).
- metamerism — Zoology. division into metameres, the developmental process of somite formation. existence in a metameric state.
- microprism — a small prism incorporated in the focusing screen of many single-lens reflex cameras. The prism stops shimmering when the subject is in focus
- militarise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of militarize.
- militarism — a strong military spirit or policy.
- militarist — a person imbued with militarism.
- misandrism — (uncountable) The principle or disposition of misandry, the hatred of men.
- misandrist — hatred of males.