14-letter words containing ris
- equilibristics — Any of various circus skills involving balance or equilibrium, such as juggling, tightrope walking, or riding a unicycle.
- exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
- floriculturist — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
- florists' foam — a rigid, deformable, spongelike plastic used in floral arrangements to secure the stems of flowers.
- forisfamiliate — to free from paternal authority
- futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
- garrison house — a style of early New England house in which the second floor projects beyond the first.
- garrison state — a state in which military matters dominate economic and political life.
- ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glans-clitoris — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- grangerisation — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- horticulturist — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
- immiserisation — the process of immiserising
- imparisyllabic — (of a noun) not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis.
- impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- iris diaphragm — a composite diaphragm with a central aperture readily adjustable for size, used to regulate the amount of light admitted to a lens or optical system.
- jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- lepidopterists — Plural form of lepidopterist.
- longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.
- lupus vulgaris — a rare form of tuberculosis of the skin, characterized by brownish tubercles that often heal slowly and leave scars.
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- mariano arista — Mariano [mah-ryah-naw] /mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1802–55, Mexican general: president of Mexico 1851–53.
- midlife crisis — a period of psychological stress occurring in middle age, thought to be triggered by a physical, occupational, or domestic event, as menopause, diminution of physical prowess, job loss, or departure of children from the home.
- militarisation — The process by which something such as an area of land or a function of government becomes dependent on or subordinate to the military, or military in its attributes or practices.
- montes veneris — mons veneris
- morris dancing — Morris dancing is a type of old English country dancing which is performed by people wearing special costumes.
- multiculturism — Multiculturalism.
- narcoterrorism — terrorist tactics employed by dealers in illicit drugs, as against competitors or government agents.
- non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- noncharismatic — a person or group not involved in the Christian charismatic movement
- northern irish — from or characteristic of Northern Ireland
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- parish council — local administrative body
- parish records — historical documents of a district
- permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- prison officer — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- prison visitor — a person who volunteers to pay regular visits to prison inmates
- probabiliorism — the theory that in the case of doubt one should choose the action most likely to be right
- probabiliorist — someone who advocates probabiliorism
- quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- quicksilverish — resembling quicksilver
- repristination — the restoration of something to its original condition; the act of making something pristine again
- rictal bristle — a bristlelike feather growing from the base of a bird's bill.